Continental Casualty Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.2d 708 · 1987
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently November 2010
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 10 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Cosmopolitan Mutual Insurance v. Continental Casualty Co. · Oregon Auto. Ins. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 2 Conn. App. 439 - Sacharko v. Center Equities Limited Partnership · 163 F. Supp. 143 - Insurance Co. of Texas v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where two policies contemplate the particular risk equally, liability will be prorated based on the total policy limits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“each insurer has attempted to make his coverage 'excess' ... [t]he court ... will require the insurers, in the ordinary instance, to prorate the loss.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“clause more explicitly describes the scope of its liability alter our conclusion. We agree with Judge Clarie that ranking policies in this manner”
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.