Foster v. National Union Fire Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
902 F.2d 1316 · 1990
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coastal Steel Corp. v. Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc. · Clapp v. Commissioner · McCarren Et Al. v. Town of Springfield, Vermont, Et Al. · United States v. Drefke · Xerox Corporation v. Genmoora 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e give deference to the interpretation of a state law made by a district court sitting in that state ... [and] we will not reverse the district court unless its analysis is ‘fundamentally deficient ... without a reasonable basis, or contrary to a reported state court opinion.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“unless its analysis is 'fundamentally deficient . . ., without a reasonable basis, or contrary to a reported state-court opinion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A fidelity bond is not ordinarily liability insurance which covers third parties.”
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.