Summers v. Correll’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2000
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Estate of Livingston · Capelli v. Bennett · Freeman v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Within ten days after making a sale the executor shall make a full report of his proceedings ... The court shall examine the report and if satisfied that the sale has been at the pnce and terms most advantageous to the estate and in all respects made in conformity with law and ought to be confirmed, shall approve the same ...”
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.