Staples v. Central Surety & Ins.’s Empirical Analysis
62 F.2d 650 · 1932
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently December 1992 · most notably Crab Orchard Improvement Co. v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. (1940), American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. All American Bus Lines, Inc. (1949)
22 federal appellate · 5 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on Mashington Gaslight Co v. District of Columbia · Dushane v. Benedict · City of New Orleans v. Whitney Whitney · St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance · George Fuller Co v. Otis Elevator Co
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is a well-recognized rule, supported by a great weight of authority, that, where one has been subjected to liability, and has suffered loss thereby, on account of the negligence or wrongful act of another, the one has a right of action against the other for indemnity. George A. Fuller Co. v. Otis Elevator Co., 245 U. S. 489 , 38 S. Ct. 180 , 62 L. Ed. 422 ; Washington Gaslight Co. v. Dist. of Columbia, 161 U. S. 316 , 16 S. Ct. 564 , 40 L. Ed. 712 ; Dushane v. Benedict, 120 U. S. 630 , 7 S. Ct. 696 , 30 L. Ed. 810 ; Travelers’ Ins. Co. v. Great Lakes Eng. W. Co. (C. C. A. 6) 184 F. 426 , 36 L. R. A. (N. S.) 60; United States v. United States Fid. & Guaranty Co. (C. C. A. 6) 247 F. 16 ; Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Westinghouse E. & Mfg. Co. (C. C. A. 6) 287 F. 439 , 37 A. L. R. 849; Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. Howard County Commissioners, 113 Md. 404 , 77 A. 930, 931 ; Busch & Latta Painting Co. v. Woermann Const. Co., 310 Mo. 419 , 276 S. W. 614 . And this is no less the rule where the liability imposed is statutory. Travelers’ Ins. Co. v. Great Lakes Eng. W. Co., supra; Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Westinghouse E. & Mfg. Co., supra. In Washington Gaslight Co. v. Dist. of Columbia, supra, the Supreme Court laid down the general rule, fortified by citation of much applicable authority, that one may recover damages which' he has been compelled to pay over because of the negligence of another. In George A. Fuller Co. v. Otis Elevator Co., supra, the rule was applied to a case wh”
2 later decisions 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.