Harrison v. Fortlage’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

74 federal appellate · 14 district · 66 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 185 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well settled that any person has an insurable interest in property, by the existence of which he will gain an advantage, or by the destruction of which he will suffer a loss, whether he has or has not any title in, or lien upon, or possession of the property itself.”

   13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Price · Teague-Strebeck Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler Insurance

2. ““The court is not at liberty, either to disregard words used by the parties, descriptive of the subject-matter, or of any material incident, or to insert words which the parties have not made use of.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crocker First Nat. Bank of San Francisco v. De Sousa · 51 F. Supp. 2d 642 - Amerada Hess Corp. v. Zurich Insurance

3. ““Shipping or to be shipped during this month from the Philippines to Philadelphia, per steamer Empress of India.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lamborn & Co. v. Log Cabin Products Co.