Chawla v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
440 F.3d 639 · 2006
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kaiser Steel Corp. v. W. S. Ranch Co. · Watts v. Seward School Board · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Navy Federal Credit Union · Travelers Indemnity Company v. Nationwide Construction Corporation · Creveling v. Government Employees 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“equitable estoppel is comprised of three basic elements: (1) a voluntary misrepresentation of one party, (2) that is relied on by the other party, (3) to the other party's detriment.”
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.