Fahey v. Mallonee’s Empirical Analysis
332 U.S. 245 · 1947
Citation profile
293 federal appellate · 83 district · 189 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 958 later decisions (56 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Parratt v. Taylor (1981), Fuentes v. Shevin (1972)
293 federal appellate · 83 district · 189 state decisions — followed in 25 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.
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 1464 (Consumer Home Mortgage Assistance Act of 1974) · 12 U.S.C. § 203 (Bank Conservation Act) · 12 U.S.C. § 71A · 28 U.S.C. § 118 · 5 U.S.C. § 1009
Relies on Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Ala Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States · Lanzetta v. State New Jersey · Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · United States v. L. Cohen Grocery 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 958 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the delicate nature of the institution and the impossibility of preserving credit during an investigation”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It would be difficult to imagine a more appropriate situation in which to apply the doctrine that one who utilizes an Act to gain advantages of corporate existence is estopped from questioning the validity of its vital conditions.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Banking is one of the longest regulated and most closely supervised of public callings.”
9 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.