Laclede Bank v. Schuler’s Empirical Analysis
120 U.S. 511 · 1887
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 8 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 1976 · most notably Salem Trust Co. v. Manufacturers' Finance Co. (1924), Price v. United States (1926)
30 federal appellate · 8 district · 24 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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Relationships
Relies on Christmas v. Russell · Bank of the Republic v. Millard · Marine Bank v. Fulton Bank · First National Bank of Washington v. Whitman
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The question of how far and under what circumstances a check of a depositor in a bank will be considered an equitable assignment, to the payee of the check, of all or any portion of the funds or deposits to the credit of the drawer in the bank, is one which has been very much considered of late years in the courts, and about which there is not a unanimity of opinion. In this court it is very well settled that such a check, unless accepted by the bank, will not sustain an action at law by the drawee against the bank, as there is no privity of contract between them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.