Wilson v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Trimble should be given prospective effect only
• holding that Trimble should be given prospective effect only
• holding unconstitutional South Carolina's prior intestacy statute, S.C. Code Ann. Sec. 21-3-30 (1976), which prohibited inheritance by illegitimates from their putative father, following Trimble
• refusal to apply Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762, 97 S. Ct. 1459, 52 L. Ed. (2d) 31 (1977), retroactively because it “would disrupt the orderly process of probate” in South Carolina
• \where a person has the right to die intestate ... he is charged with full knowledge of who will succeed to his property if he dies intestate [and] the assumption exists that ... he is satisfied with the will the law of the state made for him\
• finding S.C. Code Ann. § 21-3-30 (1976) unconstitutional

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pinckney v. Warren
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-03-26· cited 88×
• Pitzer v. Union Bank of California
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-09-14· cited 37×
• Ka'u Agribusiness Co. v. Heirs of Ahulau
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2004-08-09· cited 21×
• Pitzer v. Union Bank of Cal.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-09-14· cited 18×
• Freeman v. Freeman
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-07-08· cited 16×
• Bass v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-07-31· cited 15×
• Mathias Ex Rel. Estate of Boynton v. Clark Ex Rel. Estate of Boynton
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-07-21· cited 13×
• Williamson v. Gane
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-06-04· cited 9×
• Mitchell v. Hardwick
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-12-12· cited 9×
• Mercer Ex Rel. Estate of Mercer v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-03-31· cited 1×
• In re Estate of Petelle
  Washington Supreme Court· 2020-05-14
• Hart v. Posey
  Stafford County Circuit Court· 1993-07-14

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Trimble v. Gordon
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-26· cited 698×
• Labine v. Vincent
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-17· cited 243×
• Pendleton v. Pendleton
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-01-10· cited 30×
• Frakes v. Hunt
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-06-25· cited 19×
• Schumacher v. Chapin
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1955-08-23· cited 5×