First Bank Trust First Bank Trust of Evanston Burling Bank Cambridge Bank of Lake Zurich v. Firstar Information Services Corporation Firstar Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
276 F.3d 317 · 2001
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Basith v. Cook County · Ryan v. Chromalloy American Corp. · 156 Wis. 2d 420 - Borchardt v. Wilk
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Words and phrases cannot be considered in isolation; rather, the court must consider the contract as a whole to provide each provision with the meaning intended by the parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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