Cindy Rice v. The Office of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

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14 federal appellate · 20 district · 1 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “For a case to arise under federal law, the federal question must be apparent on the face of a well-pleaded complaint, and Plaintiffs cause of action must be created by federal law or, if it is a state-law cause of action, its resolution must necessarily turn on a substantial question of federal law, and that federal law in turn must create a private cause of action.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nielsen v. Archdiocese of Denver · 247 F. Supp. 2d 1215 - In Re Universal Service Fund Telephone Billing Practices Litigation

2. ““Often a court asked to fill a gap in a federal statute will do so by borrowing a state’s common law because in most areas of the law state common law is more highly developed than federal. But borrowing state law would be a mistake in the case of soldiers’ life insurance policies. Frequently as in this case the policy is issued wherever the soldier happens to be stationed when thoughts of mortality assail him. Although soldiers generally designate a U.S. state as their domicile, their connection with that state is often tenuous until retirement. It would be arbitrary to subject issues arising under the policy to the law of a particular state. Better that these policies should be governed by a uniform set of rules untethered to any particular jurisdiction.” Id. at 475 . (internal citations omitted).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 320 F. Supp. 2d 1378 - Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Tolbert · 299 F. Supp. 2d 1368 - Coursey v. Pudda

3. “original jurisdiction of any civil action or claim against the United States founded upon [the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance Act (SGLIA)],”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. Finn · Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh