Hartford Fire Insurance v. Orient Overseas Containers Lines (UK) Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “New York law is clear in cases involving a contract with an express choice-of-law provision: Absent fraud or violation of public policy, a court is to apply the law selected in the contract as long as the state selected has sufficient contacts with the transaction.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2002 Lawrence R. Buchalter Alaska Trust v. Philadelphia Financial Life Assurance Co. · 342 F. Supp. 3d 320 - Mirkin v. Xoom Energy, LLC

2. “[A]n interpretation that gives a reasonable and effective meaning to all terms of a contract is preferable to one that leaves a portion of the writing useless or inexplicable.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McCarthy v. American International Group, Inc. · Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation v. An Ning Jiang Mv

3. “[n]othing [in COGSA] shall prevent a carrier or a shipper from entering into any [such] agreement.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd. · 408 F. Supp. 2d 415 - Royal Ins. Co. of America v. Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd.