Irvin Jacobs & Co. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland’s Empirical Analysis
202 F.2d 794 · 1953
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably Presley v. City of Norwood (1973), Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co. (1956)
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 1736
Relies on Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co. v. Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. · Keen v. Overseas Tankship Corp. · Commercial Credit Corp. v. Pepper · Miller v. Maryland Casualty Co.
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nder well established principles, the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict is not preserved for review unless this is one of those exceptional cases which render inapplicable the general rule.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Counsel must make his points clearly so that the trial judge may see what they are and if he believes they are right, follow them. But he is not required to indulge in reiterative insistence in order to preserve his client's rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Under the circumstances of this case we think that the issue of whether Smith’s acts constituted dishonesty within the meaning of the term in the bond was a fact question for the jury to decide.” (Italics ours.)”
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.