United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
267 U.S. 387 · 1925
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 24 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 164 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2019 · most notably Dakin v. Bayly (1933), Fletcher v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank (1974)
50 federal appellate · 24 district · 15 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
reviewedthe decision below (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Studley v. Boylston National Bank · National Bank v. Insurance Co. · New York County National Bank v. Massey · Walker v. Brown · Barnes v. Alexander
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 164 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a general rule, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, a deposit, not made specifically applicable to some other purpose, may be applied by the bank in payment of the indebtedness of the depositor.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““But a hank, having notice that a deposit is held by one for the use of or as security for another, has only such right of set-off as is not inconsistent with the rights of tho latter. Here the banks had knowledge of the agreements, under which these balances constituted security for tho advance mado by tho United States. By acceptance of the moneys furnished in accordance with the agreement, their right of set-off was made subject to the rights of the United States and the obligations of the contractor.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The agreements made the balances in the special accounts security for the obligations of the contractor and so created an equitable lien in favor of the United States.””
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.