Kohler v. Kohler’s Empirical Analysis
104 F.2d 38 · 1939
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently June 1962
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum 419 v. Samuel Green · Modern Woodmen of America v. Mixer · Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co. · Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. v. Morris
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The decree must be affirmed. The change of beneficiary from appellant to appellee was in conformity with insurer's bylaws and was valid and effective, notwithstanding the contract of February 20, 1929, between decedent and appellant, wherein decedent agreed that appellant should remain his beneficiary. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cadore v. Cadore
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.