Benton v. Harkins’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2013
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McMILLAN v. Gibson · 473 So. 2d 467 - Chapman v. Chapman · 766 So. 2d 68 - Douglas v. Douglas · 609 So. 2d 1225 - Taylor v. Welch · Salmon v. Thompson
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an actual intent by the grantor to deliver the deed,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a complete and unequivocal delivery of the deed”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.