Apfel v. Mellon’s Empirical Analysis
33 F.2d 805 · 1929
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently December 1981 · most notably Jordan v. United States Department of Justice (1978), First National Bank of Smithfield, North Carolina v. James J. Saxon, Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, First National Bank of Smithfield, North Carolina v. First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina (1965)
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 611 (§ 25a of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913)
Relies on First National Bank of Bay City v. Grant Fellows on the Relation of Union Trust Company · In re McCauley · McCormick v. Market Bank · Marks v. United States · People ex rel. Schweder v. Brady
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The statutes relating to the organization of national banks are analogous to those now in question.” Id., at 807 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is reasonable to believe that Congress intended that a careful investigation should be made by the Federal Reserve Board concerning the character and competency of the incorporators of such an enterprise, as one of the means of determining whether to grant or withhold their approval of the application for incorporation. * * * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“naturally imports the exercise of judgment and discretion; and the power to approve ordinarily implies a power to disapprove. An examination of congressional legislation with regard to banking since 1864 shows that Congress has consistently used various forms of the word”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.