Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Grain Board of Iraq’s Empirical Analysis
904 F.2d 732 · 1990
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 21 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Clarke v. United States (1990), United Mine Workers of America Pension v. Pittston Company United Mine Workers of America Pension Trust (1993)
16 federal appellate · 21 district · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 1330 (§ 2 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona · Howard University v. Best · Lighting Fixture & Electric Supply Co. v. Continental Insurance · Richardson ex rel. Richardson v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen the meaning of a contract provision is facially uncertain, a court may resort to an examination of extrinsic evidence, such as statements, course of conduct, and contemporaneous correspondence, aimed at discerning the intent of the parties.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Material facts are those 'that might affect the outcome of the suit under governing law,' and a genuine dispute about material facts exists 'if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“confirmation of sale” document stating that the carriers were responsible for the carrying charges. Additionally, as the carrying charges increased, Farmland sent several telexes to the carriers and the Grain Board, in which it indicated that the carriers were responsible for paying the carrying charges. The court of appeals characterized these documents as”
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.