Napier v. Bertram’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Darner Motor Sales, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Insurance · Rae v. Air-Speed, Inc. · Barmat v. John and Jane Doe Partners AD · 58 Ill. App. 2d 372 - Gothberg v. Nemerovski · Spain v. Valley Forge Insurance
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.
“If a motor vehicle is leased or rented, the lessor shall ensure that the lessee is covered under the lessor’s liability insurance as provided by this section or the lessor shall require that the lessee meet the financial responsibility requirements of this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Napier v. Bertram
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.