Noll v. Boyle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 state decisions

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'knowledge of . . . the financial condition of the corporation'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Weigand v. Union Nat'l Bank of Wichita · 374 F. Supp. 1149 - Harman v. Willbern

2. “a corporation or its stockholders for his own acts or omissions and to render him liable for ultra vires acts of the corporation it must be shown and found that he voted therefor, participated therein, connived thereat, or negligently omitted to perform his duty . . . and aside from acts which are ultra vires, and for which their liability is as above stated, they are not liable for losses caused by a mere error of judgment, when they act without corrupt motive and in good faith.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 374 F. Supp. 1149 - Harman v. Willbern

3. “A director of a corporation is not charged with knowledge of what the officers in charge of the company are doing. To so hold would be to go far beyond any rule of liability that has been called to our attention.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harman v. Willbern