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Hicks v. Capitol American Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

943 F.2d 891 · 1991

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
May 2005
most recently cited

7 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Gray v. United States · Canderm Pharmacal, Ltd. v. Elder Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Edward C. McIntyre Et Ux., Appellants/cross-Appellees v. Everest & Jennings, Inc., Etc., Appellee/cross-Appellant · Olin Water Services v. Midland Research Laboratories, Inc. · Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Great National Corporation Gnc

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “may not substitute its view of the facts for that of the trier of fact unless it is in a position to hold that reasonable minds, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, could only have found otherwise than the trier of fact.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “such [consequential] damages are even properly before the jury as a matter of law.”
    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.