Michel v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently March 2001
1 federal appellate · 6 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 American Home Assurance Company v. Czarniecki · Lees v. Smith · 361 So. 2d 1339 - Ada Resources v. Don Chamblin & Associates · 357 So. 2d 61 - Hill v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"An insurer's duty to defend suits brought against its insured is determined by the allegations of the plaintiff's petition, with the insurer being obligated to provide a defense unless the petition unambiguously excludes coverage. American Home Assurance Company v. Czarniceki, 255 La. 251 , 230 So.2d 253 (1969); Ada Resources, Inc., et al. v. Don Chamblin & Assoc., Inc., et al., 361 So.2d 1339 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1978)."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"I. COVERAGE ABODILY INJURY LIABILITY COVERAGE BPROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY The company will pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of A. bodily injury or B. property damage to which this insurance applies, caused by an occurrence, and the company shall have the right and duty to defend any suit against the insured seeking damages on account of such bodily injury or property damage, . . ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“he also alleged that the accident occurred on a date that was more than three years beyond the policy period. Consequently, the court held that the petition unambiguously excluded coverage. 38 In the case underlying this appeal, the plaintiffs alleged that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.