Martin v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gardner v. Fliegel · Russell v. Lemons · United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Jones · English v. Century Indemnity Company · Central Surety & Insurance Corp. v. Martin
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is a well-established principle of surety law in regard to indemnification that the “surety will ... be permitted to rely on the exact terms of the agreement.” [Citation omitted]. Although the issue is one of first impression in Idaho, this principle has received consistent endorsement in the caselaw of other jurisdictions. [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is a well established principle of surety law in regard to indemnification that the `surety will ... be permitted to rely on the exact terms of his agreement.'”
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.