Blumberg v. Coxe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district ·

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

1. “The husband or father may insure his life for the benefit of his wife, or for the benefit of his wife and children, or for the benefit of his child or children, and such insurance is exempt from liability for his debts or engagements, or for his torts, or for any penalties or damages recoverable of him ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bartholow v. Garner

2. “A policy does not conform to the statute when the terms of it are consistent with the application of the proceeds of it arising upon the death of the insured to the payment of the debts, or a single debt, of the insured, to the exclusion of the statutory beneficiary or beneficiaries.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bartholow v. Garner