Bilbrey v. Smithers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] child born out of wedlock, whose paternity was not adjudicated prior to the death of the father, can establish the right to inherit by intestate succession by asserting that right against the estate of the deceased owner of the property in which an interest is claimed within the time allowed for creditors to file claims against the estate and by establishing paternity by clear and convincing proof.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Glanton v. Lord · Brady v. Smith

2. “If, for purposes of intestate succession, a relationship of parent and child must be established to determine succession by, through, or from a person: ... a person born out of wedlock is a child of the mother. That person is also a child of the father, if: ... The paternity is established by an adjudication before the death of the father or is established thereafter by clear and convincing proof,....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Walton v. Young

3. “(2) [A] person born out of wedlock is a child of the ... father, if: (B) The paternity is established by an adjudication before the death of the father or is established thereafter by clear and convincing proof....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brady v. Smith