Occidental Fire & Casualty Co. v. Brocious’s Empirical Analysis
772 F.2d 47 · 1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently February 2010 · most notably Koppers Company Inc v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (1996), Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Guaranty National Insurance Company (1989)
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 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
Relies on Carolina Casualty Insurance Company v. Insurance Company of North America T II Refrigerated Transport Co Inc · Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. The Employers Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd., and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. · Motley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · Transport Indemnity Co. v. Home Indemnity Co. · Blanchard v. Rodrigue
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“nor a device to escape responsibility, they are regarded as a”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“umbrella policies are sold at comparatively modest prices to pick up where primary coverages end in order to provide extended protection.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“. If other valid and collectible insurance applicable to any “Accident”, “Loss” or ex pense covered by this policy is available to the “Insured”, other than “You”, the insurance afforded by this policy shall be excess of and shall not contribute with such other insurance. Nothing herein shall be construed to make this policy subject to the terms of other insurance.”
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.