Dunn v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 8 district · 74 state decisions

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

1. ““(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no certificate, permit, or license shall be issued by the state corporation commission to any ‘public motor carrier of property,’ ‘public motor carrier of passengers,’ ‘contract motor carrier of property or passengers,’ or ‘private motor carrier of property,’ until and after such applicant shall have filed with, and the same has been approved by the state corporation commission, a liability insurance policy, in such reasonable sum as the commission may deem necessary to adequately protect the interest of the public with due regard to the number of persons and amount of property involved, but in no event shall such sum be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for loss to property of others in any one accident, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for personal injury or death to any one person in any one accident, and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for injury or death to two or more persons in any one accident, which liability insurance shall bind the obligors thereunder to pay compensation for injuries to persons and loss of or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation of such carrier.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White v. Goodville Mutual Casualty Co. · State Highway Commission v. American Mutual Liability Insurance

2. ““A liability insurance policy is one that indemnifies against the condition of being liable, and such a policy is to be distinguished from one which indemnifies against ultimate established loss, resulting from final enforcement of liability. “There are insurance policies and insurance policies. The nature of a particular policy must be ascertained by interpretation of its provisions. The distinction between policies insuring against liability and policies insuring against loss is made clear, and some of the consequences of the distinction are discussed in the opinion in the case of Blanton v. Cotton Mills Co., 103 Kan. 118 (1918), 172 Pac. 987 . Brandon v. St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co., 132 Kan. 68 (1931), 294 Pac. 881 , is a parallel case, in which the distinction between obligation for liability and obligation for loss was recognized. See, also, the article on Liability Insurance in 36 C. J. (1924) §§ 3, 4, 74, 75, 76. “Besides specifying the kind of insurance, by a description having definite meaning in the law of this state, section 21 of the 1931 act indicates liability insurance. The purpose of the insurance is adequate protection to members of the public from negligent conduct of the motor-vehicle operator, not simply protection to the negligent operator against judgments rendered against him, and what the policy must assure is recoverable compensation to a member of the public for injury to person and loss of or injury to property. “The legislature might have provid”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Green · Graves v. National Mutual Casualty Co.

3. “72-8407. “On and after January 1, 1970, the board of education of any school district is authorized and permitted to purchase public liability and property damage insurance for the protection and benefit of said school district and the officers, agents, teachers and employees from liability as á result of any of their acts or omissions arising out of and in the scope of their services for the school district which' shall result in damage or injury: Provided, however, The public liability and property damage insurance policy so purchased shall provide coverage to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) because of death, bodily injury and/or damage or destruction of property in any one occurrence. The insurance purchased as provided in this act shall be limited to the kinds of insurance hereinbefore set out. . . .” (Emphasis added.) 72-8408. [Provides that a school district securing insurance waives governmental immunity to the extent of the insurance.] 72-8409. “The contract of insurance purchased pursuant to this act must be one issued by some insurance company or association authorized to transact such business in the state of Kansas and must by its terms adequately insure such school district, its officers, agents, teachers and employees under standard policies of insurance approved by the state insurance commissioner for the type of coverage provided for in section 1 [72-8407] of this act for any damages by reason o”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 3 Kan. App. 2d 245 - American Fidelity Insurance v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.