Manhattan Life Ins. v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
126 F. 82 · 1903
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2010
16 federal appellate ·
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 Singer Manuf'G Co v. June Manuf'G Co · Tilghman v. Proctor · Saxlehner v. Eisner & Mendelson Co. · Kimberly v. Arms · Chicago v. Sheldon
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The practical interpretation given to their contracts by the parties to them while they are engaged in their performance, and before any controversy has arisen concerning them, is one of the best indications of their true intent, and courts that adopt and enforce such a construction are not likely to commit serious error.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““If this note is not paid when due the said policy is void and the Manhattan life Insurance Company is hereby expressly released from any liability, claim or demand””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.