State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
346 F.2d 484 · 1965
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently June 1982 · most notably General Dynamics Corp. v. Selb Manufacturing Co. (1973), Bollinger v. Nuss (1969)
19 federal appellate · 4 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Lavender v. Kurn · Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America · Lumbra v. United States
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There is specific authority to the effect that a demand to compromise in a case such as here is not necessary (Highway Ins. Underw. v. Lufkin-Beaumont M. Coaches, 215 S.W.2d 904 (Tex.Civ.App. 1948); and the commentators seem to be in agreement that a contra rule would not only be improper but would be unreasonable under circumstances as here appearing, cf. Anno., 40 A.L.R.2d 168 , 219; 7A Appleman, Insurance Law and Practice, fn. 2.10, p. 553.... The District Court’s determination of the issue of demand to settle in this, as any like case, is a doubtful question of state law which can and should be weighed in conformity with the authority from other jurisdictions, where reasonable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““As to the matter of a demand to settle: Although the Arkansas court in Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Company v. Parker, supra, approved a set of instructions, including, inter alia, one requiring a demand for settlement by the insured, that specific point was not discussed or specifically ruled by the Court in that case. No case has been cited, and we find none, in which the Arkansas Supreme Court has affirmatively decided the above question.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“This being so, it devolved upon the District Court in the case at bar, sitting in that State, to determine what would probably be the decision of the highest court of the State in a similar factual situation. * * * In such a situation this Court will not substitute its judgment for that of the District Court, unless it is clearly demonstrated that it misapplied the local law of Arkansas.”
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.