McCollum v. Hamilton National Bank’s Empirical Analysis
303 U.S. 245 · 1938
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 6 district · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 170 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2017 · most notably Roper v. Consurve, Inc. (1978), United Companies Financial Corp. v. Brantley (1980)
59 federal appellate · 6 district · 25 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.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Wiltberger · Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. Dearing · First National Bank of Jacksboro v. Lasater · Boynton v. Ball · Fasulo v. United States
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 170 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““a. In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the es- ■ tate of a bankrupt and a creditor the account shall be stated and one debt shall be set off against the other, and the balance only shall be allowed or paid. “b. A set-off or counterclaim shall not be allowed in favor of any debtor of the bankrupt which (1) is not provable against the estate and allowable under subdivision g of section 57 of this Act; or (2) was purchased by or transferred to him after the filing of the petition or within four months before such filing, with a view to such use and with knowledge or notice that such bankrupt was insolvent or had committed an act of bankruptcy.” 52 Stat. 878 .”
5 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.