Hale v. Hardon’s Empirical Analysis
89 F. 283 · 1898
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently March 1912
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Hawkins v. Glenn · Casey v. Galli · William Booth v. Ferdinand Clark · Relfe v. Rundle · Swan Land & Cattle Co. v. Frank
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Sec. 5905. Whenever any creditor of a corporation seeks to charge the directors, trustees, or other superintending officers of such corporation, or the stockholders thereof, on account of any liability created by law, he may file his complaint for that purpose in any district court which possesses jurisdiction to enforce such liability. “Sec. 5900. The court shall proceed thereon, as in other cases, and, when necessary, shall cause an account to he taken of the properly and debts due to and from such corporation, and shall appoint one or more receivers. “Sec. 5907. If, on the coming in of the answer or upon the taking of any such account, it appears that such corporation is insolvent, and that it has no property or effects to satisfy such creditors, the court may proceed, without appointing any receiver, to ascertain the respective liabilities of such directors and stockholders, and enforce the same by its judgment, as in other cases. “Sec. 5998. Upon a final judgment in any such action to restrain a corporation or against directors or stockholders, the court shall cause a just and fair distribution of the property of such corporation and of the proceeds thereof to be made among its creditors. “Sec. 5909. In all cases in which the directors or other officers of a corporation, or the stockholders thereof, are made parties to an action in which a judg-' nient is rendered, if the property of such corporation is insufficient to discharge its debts, the court shall proceed to com”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hale v. Hardon““Each stockholder in any corporation (excepting those organized for the purpose oí carrying on any kind of manufacturing or mechanical business) shall be liable to the amount of stock held or owned by him.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hale v. Hardon
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.