Oakes v. Muka

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “courts will, in construing a living trust, seek to honor the settlor’s intent unless, among other things, it is contrary to public policy”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Oakes v. Muka
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-01-21· cited 20×
• Matter of Neva M. Strom Irrevocable Trust III
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2022-03-03· cited 10×
• Turkish v. Brody
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-11-30· cited 1×
• Oakes v. Muka
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-11-26· cited 1×
• In re the Estate of Prevratil
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-07-24· cited 1×
• MatterofPrevratil
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-07-24

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• O'Brien v. City of Syracuse
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-11-19· cited 1,598×
• Ryan v. New York Telephone Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-06-14· cited 1,052×
• People v. Moreno
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-11-19· cited 909×
• In re the Estate of Ellis
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-12-31· cited 271×
• Xiao Yang Chen v. Fischer
  New York Court of Appeals· 2005-12-15· cited 206×
• Miller Manufacturing Co. v. Zeiler
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-11-02· cited 27×
• In re the Construction of Trust between Gilbert & Chase Manhattan Bank
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-06-10· cited 22×
• Kinsman v. Turetsky
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-09-29· cited 22×
• People v. Mabry
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-03-09· cited 15×
• Coleman v. Coleman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-11-26· cited 13×
• First National Bank of Hamden v. Kaufman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1977-06-02· cited 7×
• In re the Estate of Cagney
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-04-22· cited 3×