Mid-Century Insurance Co. of Texas v. Lindsey’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana))
Relationships
Relies on National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. Merchants Fast Motor Lines, Inc. · Heyden Newport Chemical Corp. v. Southern General Insurance Co. · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Whitehead
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a causal relationship between the injury and the use of the auto is essential to recovery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.