John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Amerford International Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
22 F.3d 458 · 1994
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably Zahra v. Town of Southold (1995), Pangburn v. Culbertson (1999)
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Breed v. Insurance Co. of North America · Seiden Associates, Inc. v. Anc Holdings, Inc. · Sayers v. Rochester Telephone Corp. Supplemental Management Pension Plan · Hunt Ltd. v. Lifschultz Fast Freight, Inc.
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When parties have entered into an unambiguous contract, the court should look to the terms expressed in the contract itself rather than to 'extrinsic evidence as to terms that were not expressed or judicial views as to what terms might be preferable.' ”). 108 . Retail Brand Alliance, Inc. v. Rockvale Outlet Center, LP, 2007 WL 403885 , (E.D.Pa. Jan.31, 2007) (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Undue delay and futility of the amendment, among other factors, are reasons to deny leave.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a) provides that leave to amend a complaint”
2 later decisions 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.