succession
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 240 U.S. 598 - Uterhart v. United States · 1916Most cited · 159 citing opinions
right to succeed
The right to succeed to the property of the decedent depends upon and is regulated by state law, and it is obvious that a judicial construction of the will by a state court of competent jurisdiction determines not only legally but practically the extent and character of the interests taken by the legatees.
How often courts cite the case defining “succession”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “succession” — 159 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.