Kaufman v. Blackman’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently July 1999 · most notably Gulbenkian v. Penn (1952), Island Recreational Development Corp. v. Republic of Texas Savings Ass'n (1986)
38 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
Relies on Cheeves v. Anders, Administrator · Price v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor · Wirtz v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. · Wilke v. Finn · Wirtz v. Sovereign Camp, W. of W.
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The beneficiary or beneficiaries named in the certificate have no vested interests in same, and may be changed at any time by the insured making written request on The Praetorian's Form therefor and filing the same at its Home Office and furnishing this certificate for endorsement of said change thereon”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“all moneys due or to become due and payable under the same, together with full and complete authority to exercise any and all options, benefits and rights as provided in said policy, and all benefits accrued or to accrue under and by virtue of the terms, covenants, or conditions thereof, * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is authorized to receive, collect and receipt for any money or thing of value due or to become due under said policy, or as provided thereby, as fully and completely as the assignors, or either of them, might or could do if this assignment had not been made, * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.