Alda Lee Souza v. William A. Corvick’s Empirical Analysis
441 F.2d 1013 · 1970
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently June 2024
7 federal appellate · 3 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 James v. Federal Insurance Co. · St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Bachmann · Chase Rand Corp. v. Central Ins. · Ætna Life Ins. v. Conway
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This policy does not insure under this form against ... E. Loss caused by: 1. Wear and tear, deterioration, rust or corrosion, mold, wet or dry rot; inherent or latent defect; smog, vapor or gas from agricultural or industrial operations; mechanical breakdown, including rupture or bursting caused by centrifugal force; settling, cracking, shrinkage, bulging or expansion of pavements, foundations, walls, floors, roofs and ceilings; animals, birds, vermin, termites or other insects; unless loss by a peril not otherwise excluded ensues and then the Company shall be liable for only such ensuing loss.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“since it certainly can be inferred that the subsidence involved here resulted from something other than the condition of the ground, we cannot say as a matter of law that the damage to [the insured's property] was excluded from the coverage of her policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“caused by, resulting from, contributed to, or aggravated by ... earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide or any other earth movement.”
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.