Reass v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
99 F.2d 752 · 1938
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably United States v. Polizzi (1974), United States v. Bozza (1966)
41 federal appellate · 4 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 12 U.S.C. § 1467 · 26 U.S.C. § 2053 · 26 U.S.C. § 53
Relies on Hyde v. United States · Burton v. United States · United States v. Angeline Lombardo · Moses Haas v. William Henkel · Hyde 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... the statute condemns the making of a false statement for the purpose of influencing the bank. The mere assembling of the material and its arrangement in a written composition containing the misrepresentations of fact can have no effect, and it is only when they are communicated to the lending bank that the crime takes place. It follows that the acts performed by the defendant in Wheeling, although preparatory to the commission of the crime, were not part of the crime itself. That took place entirely in Pittsburg [sic] where the writing previously prepared was presented to the bank.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * The statute on which the indictment is based was passed to protect the Federal Home Loan Banks from fraudulent attempts to secure favorable action on applications for loans and like matters. The gist of the offense is the attempt to influence the corporation, * * * and communication of the false statements to the corporation constitutes the very essence of the crime. It is in this sense that the statute condemns the making of a false statement for the purpose of influencing the bank. The mere assembling of the material and its arrangement in a written composition containing the misrepresentations of fact can have no effect, and it is only when they are communicated to the lending hank that the crime takes place.” (Italics supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““§ 1014. Loan and credit applies tions generally; renewals and discounts; crop insurance. Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or report, or wilfully overvalues any land, property or security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of * * * a small business investment company, * * * upon any application, advance, discount, purchase, purchase agreement, repurchase agreement, commitment, or loan, or any charge or extension of any of the same, by renewal, deferment of action or otherwise * * * shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.””
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.