Agostine v. Sidcon Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably 23 Cal. 4th 429 - Linder v. Thrifty Oil Co. (2000), Plant v. Blazer Financial Services, Inc. (1979)
4 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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 15 U.S.C. § 1601 (§ 102 of the Truth in Lending Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1631 (§ 121 of the Truth in Lending Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1634 (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 1639 (§ 129 of the Truth in Lending Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1640 (§ 130 of the Truth in Lending Act)
Relies on Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · Sosna v. Iowa · American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · Moore v. New York Cotton Exchange
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any creditor who fails to comply . with any requirement imposed under this part or part D of this subchapter with respect to any person is liable to such person in an amount equal to the sum of— “(1) any actual damage sustained by such person as a result of the failure; “(2)(A) in the case of an individual action twice the amount of any finance charge in connection with the transaction, except that the liability under this subparagraph shall not be less than $100 nor greater than $1,000; or “(B) in the case of a class action, such amount as the court may allow, except that as to each member of the class no minimum recovery shall be applicable,, and the total recovery in such action shall not be more than the lesser of $100,000 or 1 per centum of the net worth of the creditor. * * * ””
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.