Ralph E. Coblentz, as Administrator, D.B.N. Of the Estate of Edward Thomas Coblentz, Deceased v. American Surety Company of New York’s Empirical Analysis
416 F.2d 1059 · 1969
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 district · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Griggs v. Bertram (1982), Miller v. Shugart (1982)
17 federal appellate · 2 district · 39 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 The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Metcalf v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company · Hawkeye Casualty Co. v. Stoker · Burton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Wjhere a person is responsible over to another, either by operation of law or express contract, and he is duly notified of the pen-dency of the suit against the person to whom he is liable over, and full opportunity is afforded him to defend the action, the judgment, if obtained without fraud or collusion, will be conclusive against him, whether he appeared or not.”) (internal quotation marks omitted). 2 . In granting a forum non conveniens dismissal, the District Court must also determine: (1) whether”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where either an indemnitor or liability insurer has notice of a proceeding against his indemnitee or insured, and is afforded an opportunity to appear and defend, a judgment rendered against the indemnitee or insured, in the absence of fraud or collusion, is conclusive against the indemnitor or insurer as to all material matters determined therein.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[bjecause American Surety refused to handle his defense, Carbone [its insured] was left to his own resources. It was certainly in his best interest to consent to the entry of a judgment that could be satisfied only from public liability insurance policies covering him at the time of the incident rather than from his own personal assets.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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