Johnston v. Cigna Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77B (§ 2 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78C (§ 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 80B · 15 U.S.C. § 80B
Relies on Greening v. Moran · International Ass'n of Machinists v. Duckworth · Brown v. Gardner · Dade v. Cannatella · Topalian v. Ehrman
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“: 78 A fiduciary relationship exists when one person is under a duty to act for or to give advice for the benefit of another upon matters within the scope of their relationship. A fiduciary relationship can arise when one party occupies a superior position relative to another. It may be based upon a professional, business, or personal relationship. 79 Johnston v. CIGNA Corp., 916 P.2d 643, 646 (Colo. Ct. App. 1996); see also Winkler, 923 P.2d at 157 (citing the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 874 (1979) for an identical proposition); Dolton, 642 P.2d at 23 (indicating that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a fiduciary duty may arise from a business or confidential relationship which impels or induces one party 'to relax the care and vigilance it would and should have ordinarily exercised in dealing with a stranger'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'facts which would ordinarily require investigation may not excite suspicion, and the same degree of diligence is not required”
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.