Commercial Union Insurance v. Sepco Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
918 F.2d 920 · 1990
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably Security Insurance v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. (2003), Domtar, Inc. v. Niagara Fire Insurance Co. (1997)
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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 Bonner v. City of Prichard · 138 Cal. App. 3d 366 - E. L. White, Inc. v. City of Huntington Beach · Commercial Union Insurance v. Sepco Corp. · 1 Ohio App. 3d 112 - Ohio Ins. Guaranty Assn. v. Simpson · Alabama Nursing Home Ass'n v. Harris
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to provide defense for exposure unquestionably outside of its coverage”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“without merit and warrant[s] no discussion.”
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.