105 Wis. 2d 330 - Quinlan v. Coombs’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

cited by 24 later decisions

states following

June 2004

most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 18 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently June 2004

2 federal appellate · 18 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

Relies on Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Northeast Airlines, Inc. · 71 Wis. 2d 408 - Lawver v. Boling · 55 Wis. 2d 27 - Pamperin v. Milwaukee Mutual Insurance · 90 Wis. 2d 438 - Meurer v. ITT General Controls · National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. v. Maca

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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“"We conclude that public policy is enhanced by permitting insurance companies to exclude coverage in those close relationship situations where an insured is driving or has the opportunity to drive cars interchangeably rather than by merely casual use.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 139 Wis. 2d 335 - Schwochert v. American Family Mutual Ins. · 169 Wis. 2d 716 - Mattheis Ex Rel. Vowinkel v. Heritage Mutual Insurance
“meaning is a meaning which the particular language conveys to persons of usual and ordinary understanding. The supreme court has already stated that the term is capable of plain meaning without resort to further construction. By declaring the term”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Damore v. Winnebago Park Association · Damore v. Winnebago Park Ass'n
“(1) rationally based on the perception of the witness and (2) helpful to a clear understanding of his testimony or the determination of a fact in issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 119 Wis. 2d 220 - Town of Fifield v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 157 Wis. 2d 332 - Lievrouw v. Roth

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.