American Empire Insurance v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.’s Empirical Analysis
408 F.2d 72 · 1969
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently October 1995 · most notably Choate, Hall & Stewart v. SCA Services, Inc. (1979), Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Usaform Hail Pool, Inc. (1975)
11 federal appellate · 14 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 Surety Co. v. Smith · Greyhound Corp. v. Excess Insurance Co. of America · B. N. Exton & Co. v. Home Fire & Marine Insurance · United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Slifkin
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] fidelity bond was an indemnity insurance contract [because] [t]he insurer's liability did not arise until the insured ... suffered a proven loss”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We are of the firm view that F & D's contract meant just exactly what it clearly said, that is, that it insured the named corporations and those corporations only, against the defalcations of their employees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“direct and primary object of the contract or amongst such objects.”
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.