Whirlpool Corp. v. Ritter

How courts have described this case

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

• “[O]ne of the primary purposes of a life insurance contract is to provide for the financial needs of a person (or persons) designated by the insured.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sveen v. Melin
  Supreme Court· 2018-06-11· cited 172×
• Hill v. DeWitt
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2002-09-09· cited 138×
• Charles S. Barker Express Golf, Inc. v. Golf U.S.A., Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-09-29· cited 73×
• In Re Asbestos Litigation
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-07-26· cited 50×
• Baxter International, Inc., Baxter Healthcare Corp., Baxter Diagnostics, Inc. v. Roger J. Morris, Dr.
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-11-16· cited 49×
• Heating & Air Specialists, Inc. v. Jones
  Eighth Circuit· 1999-06-07· cited 49×
• Carolyn Lazar v. Mark Kroncke
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-07-14· cited 40×
• Mearns v. Scharbach
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-11-21· cited 38×
• Matter of Estate of Dobert
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-03-05· cited 35×
• Dethmers Manufacturing Co. v. Automatic Equipment Mfg. Co.
  N.D. Iowa· 1998-09-29· cited 35×
• Electrical and Magneto Service Co. Inc., a Missouri Corporation v. Ambac International Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-09-17· cited 34×
• Christine Winter v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-01-09· cited 33×
• Stillman v. Teachers Insurance & Annuity Ass'n College Retirement Equities Fund
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-09-11· cited 29×
• Wachovia Securities, L.L.C. v. Stanton
  N.D. Iowa· 2008-08-05· cited 26×
• Republican National Committee v. Taylor
  D.C. Circuit· 2002-08-20· cited 25×
• Interbake Foods, L.L.C. v. Tomasiello
  N.D. Iowa· 2006-11-13· cited 24×
• Medical Liability Mutual Insurance v. Alan Curtis LLC
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-03-10· cited 22×
• Pro Edge, L.P. v. Gue
  N.D. Iowa· 2005-06-01· cited 22×
• Grove v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance
  S.D. Iowa· 1998-03-16· cited 22×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-02-24· cited 20×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-06-02· cited 8,668×
• Salve Regina College v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-20· cited 2,415×
• United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-27· cited 1,245×
• Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 924×
• Exxon Corp. v. Eagerton
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 268×
• Griffin v. McCoach
  Supreme Court· 1941-06-02· cited 241×
• Wallis v. Mrs. Smith's Pie Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1977-05-16· cited 64×
• Cooper v. Cherokee Village Development Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1963-01-28· cited 60×
• Minnesota Ass'n of Health Care Facilities, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of Public Welfare
  Eighth Circuit· 1984-08-28· cited 53×
• Standard Leasing Corp. v. Schmidt Aviation, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-01-22· cited 31×
• Mary Williams v. Emma G. McFerrin Guardian of Assured's Minor Son, Donald Joseph McFerrin
  Fifth Circuit· 1957-04-03· cited 16×
• Tri-State Equipment Co. v. Tedder
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-05-04· cited 10×
• Snow v. Admiral Insurance
  W.D. Arkansas· 1985-06-25· cited 9×
• Bell v. Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance
  W.D. Arkansas· 1985-08-20· cited 6×
• Coughlin v. Board of Administration
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-02-21· cited 6×