Perry v. Sied’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “because Lozanis did institute a lawsuit in Canada making the PAU applicable. The Canadian lawsuit was, however, enjoined at the [insurer's] request and the matter was resolved in a state court. Thus, the state court lawsuit was a substitute for the Canadian lawsuit and the PAU did apply. Indeed, any other resolution would have allowed the [insurer] to avoid its obligations under the PAU. However, we disagree with the Lozanis court to the extent that it suggested that the forum of the lawsuit did not affect whether the PAU applied.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mulcahy v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington · 114 Wash. App. 459 - Mulcahy v. Farmers Insurance

2. “in context reflects the disjunctive nature of the previous phrase in the PAU. Hence use of”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mulcahy v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington · 114 Wash. App. 459 - Mulcahy v. Farmers Insurance

3. “in the third undertaking of the PAU, wherein the insurer agreed not to set up any defenses it could not set up if the contract had been entered into in and in accordance with the law relating to the motor-vehicle liability insurance contracts of the province or territory of Canada”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mulcahy v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington