Metcalf v. Felec Services’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. ITT Arctic Services · Interior Paint Company v. Rodgers · Alaskan Village, Inc. v. Smalley Ex Rel. Smalley · State, Department of Natural Resources v. City of Haines · Delaney v. Alaska Airlines
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[aln insurer's reliance interest is insufficient to [defeat retroactive] application of a change in the law unless the insurer presents a compelling case of grave financial consequences.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.