82 Wash. 2d 1 - Herrmann v. Cissna’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently October 2016
14 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 United States v. Beebe · 69 Wash. 2d 392 - Kueckelhan v. Federal Old Line Insurance · Gustaveson v. Dwyer · 53 Wash. 2d 716 - Maybury v. City of Seattle · Gustaveson v. Dwyer
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In performing the duties of his office, [the Insurance Commissioner] acts for and in the interest of the state and for its benefit. We have no hesitancy in saying that an action brought by the Insurance Commissioner, in his official capacity and exercising the authority conferred upon him by statute, is an action by the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The business of insurance is one affected by the public interest, requiring that all persons be actuated by good faith, abstain from deception, and practice honesty and equity in all insurance matters. Upon the insurer, the insured, and their representatives rests the duty of preserving inviolate the integrity of insurance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he legislature reasonably could have concluded that the deterrent effect of such proceedings by the commissioner, upon other parties charged with the responsibility of managing insurance companies, is a factor tending to benefit the public in general.”
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.