McLendon v. McLendon’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably Texas Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Grizzle Ex Rel. Grizzle (2002), European Crossroads' Shopping Center, Ltd. v. Criswell (1995)
2 federal appellate · 36 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Probate Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Garza v. Alviar · Cain v. Bain · Hill v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 25 · Pool v. Ford Motor Co.
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the event any individual contests this Will or otherwise attempts to attack, modify or impair the validity of the provisions hereof, I direct that if such individual be a beneficiary hereunder, his or her sole inheritance from my estate shall be One Dollar ($1.00).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Conte v. Conte“[e]xemplary damages may be awarded only if the claimant proves that the personal injury, property damage, death, or other harm ... results from (1) fraud; (2) malice; or (3) gross negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he trial court denied the declaratory relief sought”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.