Hughes v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis
46 F.2d 435 · 1931
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2010 · most notably Russell v. Todd (1940), Russell v. Todd (1940)
35 federal appellate · 6 district · 10 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. § 73 · 12 U.S.C. § 84 · 12 U.S.C. § 93
Relies on Corsicana Nat Bank of Corsicana v. Johnson · Guthrie v. Harkness · Metropolitan Nat Bank of New York v. St Louis Dispatch Co · Yates v. Jones National Bank · McDonald v. Thompson
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(w)here doubt exists as to the nature of the action, courts lean toward the application of the longer period of limitations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It may not be good business, or even a violation of the common-law duty, to lend too much money to persons or businesses which are affiliated but separate, but it does not fall within the statutory ban.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The assumption of the duties of directorship in any corporation is an agreement honestly and diligently to direct the business of the corporation. [The National Bank Act] requires that each director of a national bank take an oath that he will, ‘so far as the duty devolves on him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of such association, and will not knowingly violate or willingly permit to be violated any of the provisions of [the National Bank Act].’ 12 U.S.C.A. § 73 . By the relationship, fortified by the oath, [a director] agrees with the stockholders and creditors that he will honestly and diligently administer the bank’s affairs. The [receiver’s complaint] alleges facts which, if true, are a breach of that agreement. It has been expressly held that the liability of a director is ex contractu [i.e., from or out of a contract].”
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.