Wolfe v. Texas Co.’s Empirical Analysis
83 F.2d 425 · 1936
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently June 2013 · most notably Brooks v. Valley National Bank (1976), United States v. Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Co. (1940)
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 9 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 American Iron Steel Manufacturing Company v. Seaboard Air Line Railway · Morley v. Lake Shore M S Ry Co · Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co. · Owings v. Hull · Robinson v. United States
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Parties to a contract are presumed to know a well-defined trade usage generally adopted by those engaged in the business to which the contract relates. Persons, who enter into a contract in the ordinary course of business; unless the terms of the contract indicate a contrary intention, are presumed to have incorporated therein any applicable, existing general trade usage relating to such business. * * * * * * In the absence of an express provision in an oil and gas lease with respect to marketing the production, there is an implied duty on the part of the lessee to make diligent efforts to market the production in order that the lessor may realize on his royalty interest."”
4 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.