Martin v. National Surety Co.’s Empirical Analysis
300 U.S. 588 · 1937
Citation profile
138 federal appellate · 34 district · 54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 425 later decisions (29 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2018 · most notably Segal v. Rochelle (1966), United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. (1949)
138 federal appellate · 34 district · 54 state decisions — followed in 15 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
reviewedMartin v. National Surety Co. (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Hobbs v. McLean · Walker v. Brown · Freedman's Saving & Trust Co. v. Shepherd · McGowan v. Parish
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 425 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he terms of the bond are read into the contract, and there is default under the contract when there is default under the bond.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * the statute must be interpreted in the light of its purpose * * *. An assignment ineffective at law may none the less amount to the creation of an equitable lien * * *. It would be a strange construction of the statute that would make it necessary for the Government to declare the equities illusory when they serve its own good.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“becoming embroiled in conflicting claims, with delay and embarrassment and the chance of multiple liability [as to that claim]”
4 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.