Lynn v. Lynn’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Perry v. Strawbridge · Nastasio v. Cinnamon · In Re Estate of Laspy · 224 Mo. App. 913 - Barnett, Admr. v. Couey, Admr. · Thornbury v. Morris Oil Co., Inc.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Widower] as ... used [in the statute] means one who has been reduced to that condition by the ordinary and usual vicissitudes of life, and not one who, by felonious act, has himself created that condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Evans
How this case has been treated — in progress
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