Halladay v. Verschoor’s Empirical Analysis
381 F.2d 100 · 1967
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Myzel v. Fields (1967), Field v. Volkswagenwerk AG (1980)
47 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Simler v. Conner · Turner v. Louisiana · Cook v. Cook · Kerr v. Compagnie De Ultramar
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e hold that where a claim of breach of fiduciary duty is predicated upon underlying conduct, such as negligence, which is actionable in a direct suit at common law, the issue of whether there has been such a breach is ... a jury question.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“defendant Verschoor engaged in a conspiracy with Melrin in breach of trust, or participated in breaches of trust with Melrin and participated with Melrin in a scheme and plan to conceal then current or prior breaches of trust or defalcations by Melrin, and other improper transactions, in consideration of which defendant acquired at a discount, a substantial stock interest in a Minnesota corporation known as Central Lumber Company, and certain notes and a mortgage on the assets of a Minnesota corporation known as Minnesota Screw Company, and other benefits and advantages of value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the case of charitable trusts, as in the case of private trusts, the trustees can maintain such actions at law or suits in equity against a third person acting adversely to the trust as they could maintain if they held the property free of trust. Thus the trustees can maintain an action at law against a third person who commits a tort with reference to the trust property, either to recover the property or to recover damages for the tort.”
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.