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Grimes v. Swaim’s Empirical Analysis

971 F.2d 622 · 1992

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 2000
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Salve Regina College v. Russell · Glenn v. Fleming · Dodson v. St. Paul Insurance Co. · 17 Ill. 2d 242 - River Valley Cartage Co. v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance

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

  1. “In addition to the limits of liability, we will pay for an insured any costs listed below resulting from such accident[:] ... Interest on all damages owed by an insured as the result of a judgment until we pay, offer, or deposit in court the amount due under this coverage.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “The construction of an insurance policy is a matter of law.”
    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.