American United Mut Life Ins Co v. City of Avon Park Fla’s Empirical Analysis
311 U.S. 138 · 1940
Citation profile
129 federal appellate · 24 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 391 later decisions (26 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2017 · most notably Burford v. Sun Oil Co. (1943), Woods v. City Nat Bank & Trust Co of Chicago (1941)
129 federal appellate · 24 district · 8 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
reviewedContinental Ins. v. Louisiana Oil Refining Corp. (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Pepper v. Litton · Case v. Los Angeles Lumber Products Co. · Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co. · Taylor v. Standard Gas & Electric Co. · Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co.
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 391 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court of equity may in its discretion in the exercise of the jurisdiction committed to it grant or deny relief upon performance of a condition which will safeguard the public interest.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reasonable compensation for services rendered”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * The scope of the power of the court embraces denial of compensation to those who have purchased or sold securities during or in contemplation of the proceedings. As in case of reorganizations under former § 77B, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207 , the provision in § 83, sub. b, 11 U.S.C. § 403 (b), 11 U.S.C.A. § 403 , sub. b, for allowance of 'reasonable compensation for ‘services rendered necessarily implies 'loyal and disinterested service in the interests of the persons’ for whom the claimant purported to act. In re Paramount-Publix Corp., D.C., 12 F.Supp. 823 , 828.””
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.