Walker v. Walbridge’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
February 1983
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Warnock v. Davis · Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schaefer · Sabine v. . Paine · Reed v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Society · Colgrove v. Lowe
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.
“It may be stated generally, however, to be such an [insurable] interest, arising from the relations of the party obtaining the insurance, either as creditor of or surety for the assured ... as will justify a reasonable expectation of advantage or benefit from the continuance of his life.”
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.