Israel v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

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15 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f these underlying limits are not maintained, this coverage will not apply,” Policy at A14,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 281 F. Supp. 2d 384 - Israel v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · Israel v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

2. “Under Connecticut law, terms in a policy are to be construed from the perspective of a reasonable layperson in the position of the purchaser of the policy, ... and any ambiguity in the policy's terms must be construed against the insurer as drafter of the contract.... On the other hand, these rules may not be applied unless the terms or provisions in question are indeed ambiguous....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance v. Sayles

3. “a strong interest in deciding the issue[s] certified rather than having the only precedent on point be that of the federal court, which may be mistaken”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Syracuse v. Onondaga County