Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
207 federal appellate · 77 district · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 661 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2022 · most notably United States v. Mead Corp. (2001), Christensen v. Harris County (2000)
207 federal appellate · 77 district · 57 state decisions — followed in 15 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedVariable Annuity Life Insurance v. Clark (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 24 · 12 U.S.C. § 92 (§ 13 of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913) · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States · National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers
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 661 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the administrator's reading fills a gap or defines a term in a way that is reasonable in light of the legislature's revealed design, we give the administrator's judgment 'controlling weight.'”
43 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[national banks shall have the power] to exercise ... all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes ...”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“primary responsibility for surveillance of `the business of banking' authorized by § 24 Seventh.”
7 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.