Fulton v. White Cab Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Balistrieri v. United States · Wilson v. American Chain & Cable Co. · C. E. Carnes & Co. v. Employers' Liability Assur. Corp., Ltd. of London · Jacobson v. Atlantic City Hospital · Stone v. Stone
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The Direct Action Statute, LSA-R.S. 22:655 (Supp.1966), declares the ‘action may be brought against the insurer alone or against both the insured and insurer jointly and in solido’ The Louisiana Supreme Court has construed this to impose joint and solidary liability on insurer and insured. See, e. g., Shaw v. New York Fire & Marine Underwriters, Inc., 1968, 252 La. 653 , 212 So.2d 416 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Robison v. Castello““Where two or more defendants are joined by the same plaintiff in one suit, the pecuniary test of jurisdiction ordinarily turns on whether the defendants’ liability to plaintiff is joint or several. If their liability to plaintiff is joint or integrated, the value of the matters in controversy between them and the plaintiff is the jurisdictional sum.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Robison v. Castello
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.