Horton v. Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
293 federal appellate · 148 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 952 later decisions (18 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2025 · most notably Zahn v. International Paper Co. (1973), City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons (1997)
293 federal appellate · 148 district · 19 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedLiberty Mutual Insurance v. Horton (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Relies on St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Aetna Life Ins Co of Hartford Conn v. Haworth · Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley
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 952 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“from the complaint itself, unless it appears or is in some way shown that the amount stated in the complaint is not claimed in good faith”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'must appear to a legal certainty that the claim is really for less than the jurisdictional amount to justify dismissal.'”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[We] must take the intent of Congress ... to be that which its language clearly sets forth.' Horton v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 367 U.S. 348 , 352 [81 S.Ct. 1570, 1573, 6 L.Ed.2d 890] ... (1961).... The language ... could not be more clear.... We cannot doubt that Congress meant what it said.”
9 later decisions 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.