Enelow v. New York Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
293 U.S. 379 · 1935
Citation profile
666 federal appellate · 39 district · 52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,016 later decisions (52 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2018 · most notably Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover (1959), Landis v. North American Co. (1936)
666 federal appellate · 39 district · 52 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedEnelow v. New York Life Ins. (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co. · Liberty Oil Co v. Condon Nat Bank · American Mills Co. v. American Surety Co. · Insurance Company v. Bailey
Cited together with Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger · Shanferoke Coal Supply Corporation v. Westchester Service Corporation · City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
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 1,016 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a mere stay of proceedings which a court of law, as well as a court of equity, may grant in a cause pending before it by virtue of its inherent power to control the progress of the cause so as to maintain the orderly processes of justice.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In all actions at law equitable defenses may be interposed by answer, plea, or replication without the necessity of filing a bill on the equity side of the court. The defendant shall have the same rights in such case as if he had filed a bill embodying the defense of seeking the relief prayed for in such answer or-plea. Equitable relief respecting the subject matter of the suit may thus be obtained by answer or plea. In case affirmative relief is prayed in such answer or plea, the plaintiff shall file a replication. Review of the judgment or decree entered in such case shall be regulated by rule of court. Whether such review; be sought by writ of error or by appeal the appellate court shall have full power to render such judgment upon the records as law and justice shall require.””
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.