Allstate Insurance v. Gleason

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “The remedy of a declaratory judgment may not be used for the purpose of testing the sufficiency of a defense in pending litigation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Peppers
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-09-20· cited 411×
• Murphy v. Urso
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-12-18· cited 194×
• Reis v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-03-22· cited 100×
• Associated Indemnity Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-02-01· cited 92×
• Tews Funeral Home, Inc. v. Ohio Casualty Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-11-06· cited 64×
• Robert Colton v. John B. Swain, and Third-Party v. Pacific Indemnity Co., a Corporation, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1975-12-17· cited 55×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Shelton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-11-17· cited 47×
• Keithan v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1970-02-03· cited 42×
• Holland America Insurance v. National Indemnity Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-05-08· cited 41×
• Palmer v. Sunberg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-05-17· cited 26×
• Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Frierdich
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-12-27· cited 23×
• Williams v. Community Drive-In Theatre, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1979-06-01· cited 13×
• Dorre v. Country Mutual Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-05-25· cited 13×
• Blake v. Dickinson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-07-03· cited 13×
• Great West Steel Industries, Ltd. v. Northbrook Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-10-03· cited 10×
• Sprayregen v. American Indemnity Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-02-03· cited 10×
• Chicken Delight of California, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 1973-12-07· cited 8×
• General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. Klatt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-02-01· cited 5×
• Kellogg Company v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
  S.D. Florida· 1968-04-10· cited 4×
• Board of Trustees, Village of Bolingbrook Police Pension Fund v. Underwood, Neuhaus & Co.
  N.D. Illinois· 1990-07-16· cited 4×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Benson v. Isaacs
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1961-09-22· cited 58×
• Continental Casualty Co. v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1960-12-20· cited 24×
• Farmers Elevator Mutual Insurance v. Burch
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1962-12-17· cited 19×
• Canadian Radium & Uranium Corp. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1951-03-13· cited 17×