Wragg v. Federal Land Bank’s Empirical Analysis
317 U.S. 325 · 1943
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 12 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 130 later decisions (9 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2016 · most notably Heiser v. Woodruff (1946), Otis & Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission (1945)
32 federal appellate · 12 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
reviewedWragg v. Federal Land Bank (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Wayne United Gas Co. v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co. · United States v. Pelzer · Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp. · Prudence Realization Corp. v. Geist · John Hancock Mut Life Ins Co v. Bartels
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 130 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Looking at the scope and purpose of s 75 [conferring jurisdiction over a debt- or’s equity of redemption where the redemption right has not ended], we think petitioner’s interest in the mortgaged property, whether it be denominated a property right or a privilege of redemption, is an interest intended to be subject to the court’s jurisdiction and is capable of administration in a farmer-debtor proceeding.”
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.