Meritplan Ins. Co. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently April 2000
24 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 57 Cal. 2d 27 - Continental Casualty Co. v. Zurich Insurance · Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · Pacific Employers Insurance v. Maryland Casualty Co. · Employers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Pacific Indemnity Co. · Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Ohio Casualty Insurance
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘The unqualified word “insured” includes the names insured and also includes any person while using an owned automobile or a hired automobile and any person or organization legally responsible for the use thereof, provided the actual use of the automobile is by the named insured or with his permission, .... “Except where stated to the contrary, the word ‘automobile ’ means a land motor vehicle or trailer as follows: “(1) Owned Automobile—an automobile owned by the named insured ; “(2) Hired Automobile—an automobile used under contract in behalf of, or loaned to, the named insured. . . . “ (3) Non-Owned Automobile—any other automobile. “If the insured has other insurance against a loss covered by this policy the company shall not be liable under this policy for a greater proportion of such loss than the applicable limit of liability stated in the declarations bears to the total applicable limit of liability of all valid and collectible insurance against such loss; provided, however, the insurance under this policy with respect to- loss arising out of the maintenance or use of any hired automobile insured on a cost of hire basis or the use of any non-owned automobile shall be excess insurance over any other valid and collectible insurance.’ ””
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.