Dyer v. Eckols’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 2518
Relies on Republic National Bank of Dallas v. Fredericks · Stein v. Brown · 16 Cal. 2d 807 - Kalt v. Youngworth · 127 Ill. 2d 209 - Tompkins State Bank v. Niles · Montana National Bank v. Michels
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person ... who may be entitled to receive any property as a beneficiary and who intends to effect disclaimer irrevocably ... of the whole or any part of such property shall evidence same as herein provided. A disclaimer evidenced as provided herein shall be effective as of the death of the decedent and shall relate back for all purposes to the death of the decedent. ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Section 37 of the [Texas] Probate Code provides that when a person dies, leaving a lawful will, the devised property vests immediately in the devisees. Section 37A, however, states that “any person” may disclaim any property he is entitled to receive from a decedent’s estate and that such a disclaimer “shall be effective as of the death of the decedent and shall relate back for all purposes to the death of the decedent and is not subject to the claims of any creditor of the disclaimant.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A disclaimer ... shall be effective as of the death of decedent and relates back for all purposes to the death of the decedent and is not subject to the claims of any creditor of the disclaim-ant. Unless the decedent’s will provides otherwise, the property subject to the disclaimer shall pass as if the person disclaiming ... had predeceased the decedent.”
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.