Clovis National Bank v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 district · 100 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 148 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably 113 Wash. 2d 346 - Central Washington Bank v. Mendelson-Zeller, Inc. (1989), C & H Construction & Paving Co. v. Citizens Bank (1979)
10 federal appellate · 6 district · 100 state decisions — followed in 22 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.
Relationships
Relies on Brulotte Et Al. v. Thys Company · United States v. Matthews · United States v. Sommerville · Birmingham v. Rice Bros. · United States v. Union Livestock Sales Co.
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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(4)The express terms of an agreement and an applicable course of dealing or usage of trade shall be construed wherever reasonable as consistent with each other; but when such construction is unreasonable express terms control both course of dealing and usage of trade and course of dealing controls usage of trade.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] security interest continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, exchange or other disposition thereof by the debtor unless his action was authorized by the secured party in the security agreement or otherwise, and also continues in any identifiable proceeds including collections received by the debtor. (Emphasis added).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“* * * There being no particular provision of the code which displaces the law of waiver, and particularly waiver by implied acquiescence or consent, the code provisions are supplemented thereby. Section 50A-1-103, N.M.S.A.1953 [55-1-103, N.M.S.A.1978] * * * * [Emphasis added.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.