Boyd v. Bowman’s Empirical Analysis

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33 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(T)he particular phrasing used in the certified question is not to restrict the Supreme Court's consideration of the problems involved in the issues as the Supreme Court perceives them to be in its analysis of the record certified in this case. This latitude extends to the Supreme Court's restatement of the issue or issues and the manner in which the answers are to be given, whether as a comprehensive whole or in subordinate or even contingent parts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Abner Wynn Gordon v. The John Deere Company · Dade County Taxing Authorities v. Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Corp.

2. “"PART I — LIABILITY "Coverage A — Bodily Injury Liability; "Coverage B — Property Damage Liability "To pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of: "A. bodily injury * * * sustained by any person; * * * * * * arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of the owned automobile or any non-owned automobile * * *. * * * * * * "Persons Insured The following are Insureds under Part I: (a) with respect to the owned automobile, (1) the Named Insured and any resident of the same household, (2) any other person using such automobile with the permission of the Named Insured. * * * * * * * * * (b) with respect to a non-owned automobile, (1) the Named Insured, (2) any relative * * *, provided his actual operation * * * is with the permission * * * of the owner. * * * * * * "Definitions Under Part I: `Named Insured' means the individual named in Item 1 of the declarations and also includes his spouse, if a resident of the same household; `Insured' means a person * * * described under `Persons Insured'; `relative' means a relative of the Named Insured who is a resident of the same household; `owned automobile' means (a) a private passenger * * * automobile described in this policy for which a specific premium charge indicates that coverage is afforded. * * * * * * (c) a private passenger * * * automobile ownership of which is acquired by the Named Insured during the policy period, provided (1) it replaces an owned ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Boyd v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

3. “The idea that there are State Courts and that they may, and sometimes must, be used has received much recent favor [citing Younger v. Harris, 1971, 401 U.S. 37 , 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 and companion cases] — even in the field of federal constitutional claims on which the federal judiciary has the last say, if not the last word.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. National Education Ass'n v. Lee County Board of Public Instruction