Harmsen v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
586 F.2d 156 · 1978
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently August 2014 · most notably First State Bank of Hudson County v. United States (1979), Denis Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State (1993)
6 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 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 Indian Towing Company v. United States · Deitrick v. Greaney · James Easton v. State of Iowa · 180 Cal. App. 2d 69 - Alisal Sanitary District v. Kennedy · Harmsen v. Smith
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a)lthough bank examinations may reveal irregularities and even fraud, which discoveries may redound to the benefit of innocent persons, including stockholders, that result is merely an incidental benefit to the examined banks”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e agree with every other court that has considered the issue that the federal scheme of bank regulation creates no duty ... to shareholders and directors of national banks.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Federal examination of national banks was designed to provide the Comptroller with information necessary to perform his regulatory function”
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.