Ford v. Ford

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that where the murderer was found not criminally responsible by way of insanity she could inherit pursuant to the deceased’s will
• defendant found guilty of first degree murder, but not criminally responsible may take under victim’s will
• a convicted killer found to be insane at the time of the slaying may inherit from the victim, notwithstanding the ordinary application of the “slayer’s rule”
• The court held that the slayer’s rule was not applicable when the killer was not criminally responsible at the time he committed the homicide.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Fister v. Allstate Life Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-10-12· cited 90×
• Treece v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-10-11· cited 61×
• Eagan v. Calhoun
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-08-26· cited 47×
• Anderson v. Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-07-30· cited 43×
• State v. One 1984 Toyota Truck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-11-23· cited 24×
• Mendez-Bellido v. BD. OF TR. OF DIV. 1181, ATU
  E.D. New York· 1989-03-30· cited 14×
• UNINSURED EMPLOYERS'S FUND v. Lutter
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-05-08· cited 13×
• Diep v. Rivas
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-02-14· cited 8×
• Congleton v. Sansom
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-11-16· cited 7×
• State v. Garnett
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-02-02· cited 7×
• John R. Armstrong v. Terry L. Armstrong
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-07-30· cited 7×
• Dill v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 6×
• Sherman v. Robinson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-08· cited 5×
• In Re George V.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-05-06· cited 5×
• Estates of Louisa and Swen Swanson
  Montana Supreme Court· 2008-06-20· cited 4×
• Johnson v. Hebb
  D. Maryland· 1990-02-05· cited 4×
• Cook v. Grierson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-04-06· cited 4×
• Diep v. Rivas
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-12· cited 3×
• Duvall v. McGee
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-16· cited 3×
• In re Demesyeux
  New York Surrogate's Court· 2013-12-23· cited 3×

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Babb
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-06-26· cited 63×
• Connor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-06-13· cited 62×
• Langworthy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-03-28· cited 58×
• Bradford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-05-04· cited 53×
• Chase v. Jenifer
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-04-16· cited 34×
• Pouncey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-09-19· cited 30×
• Lapides v. Lapides
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1981-12-04· cited 27×
• Schifanelli v. Wallace
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-02-28· cited 26×
• Young v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-03-02· cited 26×
• In Re Estate of Mahoney
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1966-06-07· cited 25×
• Burns v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1952-11-15· cited 24×
• Turner v. Estate of Turner
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-10-18· cited 23×
• In re the Accounting of Stanley
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1945-04-05· cited 23×
• United States v. Burns
  D. Maryland· 1952-02-13· cited 22×
• Hill v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-01-27· cited 22×
• Anderson v. Grasberg
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1956-06-29· cited 22×
• Strickland v. Wysowatcky
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1952-10-27· cited 17×
• In Re Vadlamudi Estate
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1982-01-26· cited 14×
• In re the Estate of Wirth
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1969-04-03· cited 14×
• Rolfes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-08-21· cited 13×