Murphy v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently July 1961
1 federal appellate ·
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 McCarthy v. Supreme Lodge New England Order of Protection · Abbott v. Supreme Colony United Order of Pilgrim Fathers · Ables v. Ackley · Thomas v. Thomas
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Plaintiff’s contention is that paragraph 12 of the contract in the policy determines ■ and controls the method by which a change in the designation of the beneficiary may :be made, and that, the’ rule laid down not having been complied with;’the attempted change is invalid. ■ "I cannot so hold. * * * Section 12 was inserted in the-policy for • the protection of the United States. It protects the' government against pay'ment to any person not entitled under ■the terms of the policy.” '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“' “This provision being inserted in the policy, for the protection óf the government in making payment under it and not for the protection of any named beneficiary having no vested interest therein,- I hold’that a change in '-beneficiary became effective as of the-date the insured signed the written notice of change as provided in -section 12.” -”
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.