Sherwood v. Stein’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 96 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 112 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably 78 Ill. 2d 376 - Dora Township v. Indiana Insurance Co. (1980), 774 So. 2d 119 - Doerr v. Mobil Oil Corp. (2000)
6 federal appellate · 96 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 Muse v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · West v. Monroe Bakery, Inc. · Hemel v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · Schonberg v. New York Life Insurance Company · Stanley v. Cryer Drilling Co.
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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... in the absence of conflict with statute or public policy, insurers may by unambiguous and clearly noticeable provisions limit their liability and impose such reasonable conditions as they wish upon the obligations they assume by their contract.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“SECTION I COVERAGES COVERAGE A. BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY 1. Insuring Agreement. a. We will pay those sums that the insured becomes legally obligated to pay as damages because of "bodily injury" or "property damage" to which this insurance applies. . . . . b. This insurance applies to "bodily injury" and "property damage" only if: (1) The "bodily injury" or "property damage" is caused by an "occurrence" that takes place in the "coverage territory;" and (2) The "bodily injury" or "property damage" occurs during the policy period. . . . . 2. Exclusions. This insurance does not apply to:. . . . j. Damage to Property "Property damage" to: (1) Property you own, rent or occupy; . . . . (5) That particular part of real property on which you or any contractors or subcontractors working directly or indirectly on your behalf are performing operations, if the "property damage" arises out of those operations; or (6) That particular part of any property that must be restored, repaired or replaced because "your work" was incorrectly performed on it. . . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the policy provisions are construed most favorably to the insured and against the insurer. Of the permissible constructions, the courts adopt that which effectuates the insurance over that which defeats it.”
3 later decisions 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.