Schwass v. Schwass

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “the mere substitution or replacement of policies does not defeat one’s vested equitable interest”
• deciding whether to impose a constructive trust on insurance proceeds based on whether each claimant had been able to establish that they had an equitable interest in the proceeds
• court imposed constructive trust on proceeds of replacement policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smithberg v. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-08-10· cited 86×
• Wheeler v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1999-08-03· cited 23×
• In Re Marriage of Druss
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-03-06· cited 23×
• Perkins v. Stuemke
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-01-16· cited 22×
• McWhite v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-02-06· cited 13×
• Reid v. Wolf (In re Wolf)
  N.D. Illinois· 2018-11-19· cited 12×
• Koenings v. First National Bank & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-07-10· cited 8×
• Allen v. Allen
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-03-27· cited 8×
• IDS Life Insurance Co. v. Sellards
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-07-13· cited 7×
• In Re Estate of Downey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-11-14· cited 7×
• Home Insurance Co. v. Hortega
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-02-08· cited 6×
• In Re Knazze
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-03-25· cited 4×
• Ierulli v. First National Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-04-05· cited 4×
• Cohn v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-08-01· cited 3×
• In re Estate of Mosquera
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-05-10· cited 2×
• Foster v. Hurley
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-06-30· cited 2×
• In re Estate of Tacher
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-03-29· cited 2×
• Welsh v. Commonwealth Credit Union
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-08-10· cited 1×
• Knazze v. Banker's Life & Casualty Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-03-25· cited 1×
• Price v. Teaford
  Vermont Superior Court· 2005-03-23

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Simonds v. Simonds
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-07-11· cited 400×
• Finley v. Finley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-05-30· cited 164×
• White v. White
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-07-05· cited 39×
• McKissick v. McKissick
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1977-03-14· cited 34×
• Lincoln National Life Insurance v. Watson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-05-14· cited 29×
• Carter v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-09-08· cited 26×
• Riser v. Riser
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-10-16· cited 24×
• Appelman v. Appelman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-08-19· cited 23×
• White v. Michigan Life Insurance
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1972-11-27· cited 22×
• Brunnenmeyer v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-12-13· cited 19×
• Crozier v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-02-01· cited 10×
• Newton v. Newton
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1970-06-02· cited 8×
• Washington v. Hicks
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1982-09-03· cited 6×