Select Design, Ltd. v. Union Mutual Fire Insurance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a company’s solicitation of its competitors customers did not constitute “advertising”
• holding that “advertising” is not ambiguous, despite disagreement in the courts
• collecting cases holding plain and ordinary-meaning of “advertising” unambiguously refers to widespread distribution of promotional material designed to generate business
• discussing cases in various states suggesting that the “majority view” interprets advertising as the widespread distribution of promotional material to the public at large
• declining to accept the argument that “ ‘solicitation’ constitutes ‘advertising,’ ” clarifying that advertising can be done as a means of solicitation, or a solicitous statement can be used in advertising, but that they were not co-extensive
• “Disputed terms [in a policy] should be read according to their plain, ordinary and popular meaning.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-05-11· cited 208×
• McCormack Baron Management Services, Inc. v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1999-04-27· cited 130×
• Erie Insurance Group v. Sear Corporation, Larry Bass, and Birch Dalton
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-12-16· cited 65×
• Sabia v. Neville
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-10-18· cited 48×
• Hameid v. National Fire Insurance of Hartford
  California Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 47×
• USX Corp. v. Adriatic Insurance Co.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-03-22· cited 43×
• Applied Bolting Technology Products, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-10-21· cited 41×
• Solers, Inc. v. Hartford Casualty Insurance
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-06-04· cited 38×
• Cooperative Fire Ins. Ass'n v. Bizon
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-03-28· cited 26×
• Peerless Lighting Corp. v. American Motorists Ins.
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-08-04· cited 22×
• Merkel v. Nationwide Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-03-21· cited 19×
• American States Insurance Co. v. Vortherms
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1999-09-07· cited 18×
• GAF Sales & Service, Inc. v. Hastings Mutual Insurance
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1997-09-11· cited 13×
• Farmington Casualty Co. v. Cyberlogic Technologies, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 1998-03-04· cited 11×
• Amway Distributors Benefits Ass'n v. Federal Insurance
  W.D. Michigan· 1997-11-26· cited 9×
• Rombe Corp. v. Allied Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 2005-04-01· cited 9×
• New England Federal Credit Union v. Stewart Title Guarantee Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-02-25· cited 8×
• Viles v. Vermont State Colleges
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-11-13· cited 6×
• Woodstock Resort Corp. v. Scottsdale Insurance
  D. Vermont· 1996-05-16· cited 5×
• Tri-State Insurance v. B & L Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1998-03-11· cited 5×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bank of the West v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1992-07-30· cited 1,052×
• A. Meyers & Sons Corp. v. Zurich American Insurance Group
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-10-17· cited 104×
• City of Burlington v. National Union Fire Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-12-30· cited 66×
• Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-07-30· cited 58×
• Smartfoods, Inc. v. Northbrook Property & Casualty Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-08-26· cited 55×
• Merchants Co. v. American Motorists Insurance
  S.D. Mississippi· 1992-05-11· cited 48×
• John Deere Insurance v. Shamrock Industries, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1988-10-13· cited 43×
• Monumental Life Insurance v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-01-08· cited 40×
• Fox Chemical Co. v. Great American Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1978-03-03· cited 27×
• Staruski v. Continental Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-07-13· cited 26×
• New Hampshire Insurance v. Foxfire, Inc.
  N.D. California· 1993-04-01· cited 25×
• MGM Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1993-06-16· cited 22×
• Peerless Insurance v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-06-29· cited 21×
• Collier County Publishing Co., Inc. v. Chapman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-09-05· cited 16×
• Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance v. Lajoie
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-03-24· cited 14×
• First Bank & Trust Co. v. New Hampshire Insurance Group
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-12-30· cited 14×
• City of Burlington v. Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-22· cited 13×
• Suchoski v. Redshaw
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-03-24· cited 12×
• MGM, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1992-10-09· cited 11×
• Winn v. Becker
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-03-21· cited 9×