Norton v. Commerce Trust Co.’s Empirical Analysis
71 F.2d 136 · 1934
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on De Wolf v. Johnson · Lloyd v. Scott · J. P. Wooten Motor Co. v. First Bank of Swenson · 23 Tex. Civ. App. 98 - North Texas Building & Loan Ass'n v. Hay · Bookhout v. McGeorge
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mortgage debt does not represent a stipulation to pay interest for the use or detention of money. It represents a flat sum, a part of the stipulated purchase price, which . . . the grantor has required the purchaser to pay . . ..”
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.