Gilbert v. Alta Health & Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 2 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he state common law of bad faith is no more “integral” to the insurer-insured relationship than any State’s general contract law is integral to a contract made in that State ... Mississippi’s law of bad faith, even if associated with the insurance industry, has developed from the general principles of tort and contract law available in any Mississippi breach of contract case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 242 F. Supp. 2d 752 - Pachuta v. Unumprovident Corp.

2. “(2) A partner in a partnership and his or her spouse shall not be deemed to be employees with respect to the partnership.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Raymond B. Yates, MD, PC Profit Sharing Plan v. Hendon