Fahs v. Merrill’s Empirical Analysis
142 F.2d 651 · 1944
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
May 1955
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Robinette v. Helvering · Parker · Commissioner v. Bristol · Smith v. Hines · Benitez v. Bank of Nova Scotia
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an adequate and full consideration in money or money’s worth”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Merrill v. Fahs“adequate and full consideration in money or money’s worth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Merrill v. Fahs
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.