90 Cal. App. 4th 1403 - Guidotti v. Lockyer’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 2055
Relies on 62 Cal. 2d 861 - Parsons v. Bristol Development Co. · 64 Cal. App. 4th 904 - Morey v. Vannucci · In Re Estate of Duffill · In Re Estate of Fitzgerald · Estate of Edwards
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A reviewing court may exercise its independent judgment in interpreting an instrument provided that extrinsic evidence regarding interpretation is not conflicting. [Citation.] 'The reviewing court has the duty to independently interpret the will when ... the credibility of extrinsic evidence or the resolution of a conflict in the evidence' is not in issue. [Citation.] Thus, the reviewing court must exercise independent judgment to interpret a will where ... conflicting inferences may be drawn from uncontroverted evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schwan v. Permann
How this case has been treated — in progress
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