Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.’s Empirical Analysis
229 U.S. 435 · 1913
Citation profile
134 federal appellate · 44 district · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 293 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2009 · most notably National City Bank v. Hotchkiss (1913), Florida Trailer And Equipment Company v. Wiley R. Deal (1960)
134 federal appellate · 44 district · 33 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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
reviewedContinental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co. (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Scott v. Armstrong · New York County National Bank v. Massey · National Bank of Newport v. National Herkimer County Bank of Little Falls · Reynes v. Dumont
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 293 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To constitute a preferential transfer within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act there must be a parting with the bankrupt's property for the benefit of the creditor and a consequent diminution of the bankrupt's estate.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any transfer of, or lien upon, any property of any company made or created within four months prior to the filing of a complaint under this article, which gives to any creditor or policyholder or enables him to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other creditor or policyholder in the same class, which is accepted by a creditor or policyholder having reasonable cause to believe that such a preference will occur, shall be voidable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““a. In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between tbe estate of a bankrupt and a creditor tbe account shall be stated and one debt shall be set off against tbe other, and tbe balance only shall be allowed or paid.””
2 later decisions 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.