O'Connor v. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America’s Empirical Analysis
146 F.3d 959 · 1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc. · Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co. · Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That the factors are merely 'relevant' suggests that they need not all point in the same direction, else they would be 'required.' "). As the Ninth Circuit correctly recognized, Metropolitan Life asked first whether the law there in question "fit a common-sense understanding of insurance regulation,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The [notice-prejudice] rule dictates the terms of the relationship between the insurer and the insured, and consequently, is integral to that relationship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not alter the allocation of risk for which the parties initially contracted, namely the risk of lost income from long-term disability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.