Black v. . Ellis’s Empirical Analysis
1910
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 8 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently February 1962 · most notably Leffert v. . Jackman (1919), Karasik v. People's Trust Co. (1917)
9 federal appellate · 8 district · 12 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedBlack v. Ellis
Relationships
Relies on Hale v. . Omaha National Bank · Wisner v. . Ocumpaugh · Coman v. . Lakey
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This mortgage, executed on March 20, 1907, when it may be conceded the corporation was insolvent, was but the observance of contractual obligations entered into and assumed in July, 1904, at which time no question exists as to its absolute soundness. * * * That which transpired on March 20, 1907, does not fall within the prohibition of the statute, but must be construed as relating back to May, 1904, and simply effectuating the contractual obligation at that time assumed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Courts of equity regard the substance and not the form of a transaction, and one of the favorite maxims is to regard that as done which has been agreed to be done and ought to have been done.””
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.