Overfield v. Pennroad Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.2d 6 · 1940
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2007
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 112
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Eastman Kodak Co of New York v. Southern Photo Materials Co · Robertson v. Railroad Labor Board · Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co. · United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * No definite rule of general application can be formulated by which it may be determined under what circumstances a court will assume jurisdiction of stockholders’ suits relating to the conduct of internal affairs of foreign corporations. But it .safely may be said that jurisdiction will be declined whenever considerations of convenience, efficiency, and justice point to the courts of the state of the domicile as appropriate tribunals for the determination of the particular case. * * *” (Emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.