Hague v. MacArthur’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilhoit v. Fite · Ladish v. Gordon · Lewis v. McCullough · Morse v. Volz · Dobbins v. Hupp
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.
“`[n]o particular degree of mentality is required as long as the testator can adequately consider the requisite features,'”
2 later decisions 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.