Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Klotz’s Empirical Analysis
251 F.2d 499 · 1958
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently March 2002 · most notably Hm Stickle Im Jm Bm Jj v. Heublein Inc (1983), Fredonia Broadcasting Corp. v. RCA Corp. (1973)
17 federal appellate · 9 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 Pace Corporation v. Jackson · Clark v. National Life & Accident Insurance · Greenwall Theatrical Circuit Co. v. Markowitz · Universal Life & Accident Insurance v. Sanders · Pennell v. United 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * To precipitate anticipatory breach, there must be a complete renunciation of the contract, a categorical claim that it never has been, or no longer is, valid and binding whatsoever.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... (i)s not a 'just cause' or 'reasonable cause' penalty statute. Where the 30-day demand has been made, the penalty is due if the Insurer is ultimately held liable on the policy no matter how justifiable was the basis for its unsuccessful defense of non-liability.”
1 later decision 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.