Graham v. Manche’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the wake of McMullin , Missouri courts have not allowed claims for tor-tious interference with an inheritance expectancy unless the plaintiff attempted to obtain an adequate remedy in probate proceedings or show the impossibility of obtaining an adequate remedy in such an action. If a plaintiff fails to either attempt recovery in probate or show that it is impossible to recover in probate, a subsequent tort action in a non-probate division of the circuit court is considered a collateral attack upon the authority and jurisdiction of the probate division ... which is strictly forbidden.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Blasdel · Brown v. Kirkham

2. “hear and determine all matters pertaining to probate business....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State · Hoewing v. Hoewing-Kurz