993 So. 2d 614 - Vargas v. Enterprise Leasing Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 3905 · 29 U.S.C. § 1112 (§ 412 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 33 U.S.C. § 2701 · 33 U.S.C. § 2719 · 38 U.S.C. § 7317 · 42 U.S.C. § 16396 · 42 U.S.C. § 2210 · 42 U.S.C. § 6924
Relies on Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr · Perez. v. Campbell
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“DOES THE GRAVES AMENDMENT, 49 U.S.C § 30106, PREEMPT SECTION 324.021(9) (B) (2), FLORIDA STATUTES (2007)?”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“`The starting point for [the] interpretation of a statute is always its language,' so that `courts must presume that a legislature says in a statute what it means and means in a statute what it says there.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(9) OWNER; OWNER/LESSOR.— [[Image here]] (b) Oumer/lessor. — Notwithstanding any other provision of the Florida Statutes or existing case law: 1. The lessor, under an agreement to lease a motor vehicle for 1 year or longer which requires the lessee to obtain insurance acceptable to the lessor which contains limits not less than $100,000/ $300,000 bodily injury liability and $50,000 property damage liability or not less than $500,000 combined property damage liability and bodily injury liability, shall not be deemed the owner of said motor vehicle for the purpose of determining financial responsibility for the operation of said motor vehicle or for the acts of the operator in connection therewith; further, this subparagraph shall be applicable so long as the insurance meeting these requirements is in effect. The insurance meeting such requirements may be obtained by the lessor or lessee, provided, if such insurance is obtained by the lessor, the combined coverage for bodily injury liability and property damage liability shall contain limits of not less than $1 million and may be provided by a lessor’s blanket policy. 2. The lessor, under an agreement to rent or lease a motor vehicle for a period of less than 1 year, shall be deemed the owner of the motor vehicle for the purpose of determining liability for the operation of the vehicle or the acts of the operator in connection therewith only up to $100,000 per person and up to $300,000 per incident for bodily injury and up to $”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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