Citizens & Southern National Bank v. Bougas’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 38 district · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 238 later decisions (13 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2022 · most notably Allied Structural Steel Company v. Spannaus (1978), Wachovia Bank, National Ass'n v. Schmidt (2006)
46 federal appellate · 38 district · 39 state decisions — followed in 14 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. § 22 · 12 U.S.C. § 36 · 12 U.S.C. § 81 · 12 U.S.C. § 94 · 28 U.S.C. § 1348 · 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1394
Relies on Buckley v. Valeo · Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co. · Joseph Skilken & Co. v. City of Toledo · Finch v. Connor · Mercantile National Bank at Dallas v. C H Langdeau Republic National Bank of Dallas
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 238 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Actions and proceedings against any association under this chapter may be had in any district or Territorial court of the United States held within the district in which such association may be established, or in any State, county, or municipal court in the county or city in which said association is located having jurisdiction in similar cases.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by the United States, or by direction of any officer thereof, against any national banking association, any civil action to wind up the affairs of any such association, and any action by a banking association established in the district for which the court is held, under chapter 2 of Title 12, to enjoin the Comptroller of the Currency, or any receiver acting under his direction, as provided by such chapter. All national banking associations shall, for the purposes of all other actions by or against them, be deemed citizens of the States in which they are respectively located.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There is no enduring rigidity about the word `located.'”
3 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.