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986 So. 2d 175 - Thomas v. Kneipp’s Empirical Analysis

2008

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 549 So. 2d 840 - Rosell v. Esco · 617 So. 2d 880 - Stobart v. State Through DOTD · 408 So. 2d 1209 - Richards v. Richards · Comardelle v. Jeandron Chevrolet, Inc. · Lelong v. Succession of Lelong

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

  1. “trustee shall administer the trust as a prudent person would administer it. In satisfying this standard, the trustee shall exercise reasonable care and skill, considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “A provision of the trust instrument that purports to limit a trustee's duty of loyalty to the beneficiary is ineffective.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “The duty of loyalty is the fundamental duty owed by a trustee as a fiduciary.”
    1 later decision 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.