Baker v. Moors’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. ““It is generally agreed, and conceded by [the insurer], that where an insurer refuses to undertake the defense of its insured, the insured may implead the insurer in the tort action and have the issue of policy coverage decided in the same case as the issue of tort liability. The only difference between the circumstances of this case and the perhaps more normal or frequent case is that Moors is not the named insured, but that is not to say that Moors is expressly excluded from coverage under the policy. “. . . The purpose of Rule 14, which is to be liberally construed, is to dispose of an entire subject matter in one economic and expeditious action. If it becomes apparent that the ancillary controversy in this action will inordinately complicate and prejudice the original claims, separate trials may be ordered under Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Procedure.” (pp. 509-510.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Continental Insurance