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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from In Re the Estate of Kumstar.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 In Re the Estate of Kumstar Anchor
ny · 1985
green “a moral coercion, which restrained independent action and destroyed free agency, or which, by importunity which could not be resisted, constrained the decedent to do that which was against his free will” 3
2 In re the Probate of the Will of Coddington
nyappdiv · 1952
green “medical opinion evidence assumes a relatively minor importance” 3
3 In re the Estate of Wood
ny · 1981
green “to protect the estate of the decedent from claims of the living who, through their own perjury, could make factual assertions which the decedent could not refute in court” 3
4 Williams v. Walker
nyappdiv · 2007
green “identifying the motive, opportunity and acts allegedly constituting the influence, as well as when and where such acts occurred” 3
5 In re the Estate Thorne
nyappdiv · 1985
green “hinged on the credibility of the witnesses” 3

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