Perpetual Building & Loan Ass'n v. Series Directors of Equitable Building & Loan Ass'n’s Empirical Analysis
217 F.2d 1 · 1954
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently February 2010 · most notably Fristoe v. Reynolds Metals Co. (1980), Rothner v. City of Chicago (1989)
5 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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 12 U.S.C. § 1716
Relies on Antoinette Kinney v. Columbia Savings Loan Association · In re Dunn · Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. Callaway · Atlanta, K. & N. Ry. Co. v. Southern Ry. Co. · Federal Deposit Ins. v. George-Howard
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Intervenor prayed to be made a party defendant, and the prayer was allowed by the court. In substance it was a defendant, and as much so in form as the circumstances permitted.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is nothing in the record to show the existence of any such juristic person or persons.”
1 later decision 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.