Burns v. Nolette’s Empirical Analysis
1929
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently October 2001 · most notably Barbin v. Moore (1932), State Board of Equalization v. Cole (1948)
50 state decisions — followed in 13 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Chippendale v. North Adams Savings Bank · Kelly v. . Beers · Burleigh v. Clough · Marble v. Treasurer & Receiver General · New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co. v. Archibald
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The question is whether, admitting another to an equal control, but without retaining a right in the donor to the funds withdrawn by the donee, is such a divesting of the donor’s control as satisfies the test before stated. It seems to us that it is. The donee’s present right is complete. He can draw from the account so long as funds remain. That right is what was given to him.” ( 144 A. at page 850 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Espinosa v. Petritis“It is apparent that any one of several conclusions as to the intention of the decedent might be reached. The interest sought to be conferred . . . could be. . . a present interest or one to take effect only upon the death of the donor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““But for what it was worth it was a completed gift. No further act of the donor was required. No act of hers could defeat the right, although she might render it of no value.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Espinosa v. Petritis
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.