Delaware v. New York

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the contemporary concept of escheat bears a closer resemblance to bona vacantia and encompasses both real and personal property
• reiterating that “States as sovereigns may take custody of or assume title to abandoned personal property as bona vacantia”
• “To craft different rules for the novel facts of each case would generate ‘so much uncertainty and threaten so much expensive litigation that the States might find they would lose more in litigation expenses than they might gain in escheats.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

56 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• American Express Travel Related Services, Inc. v. Sidamon-Eristoff
  Third Circuit· 2012-01-05· cited 179×
• New Jersey Retail Merchants Ass'n v. Sidamon-Eristoff
  Third Circuit· 2012-01-05· cited 103×
• Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
  C.D. California· 1998-10-16· cited 58×
• Commonwealth Of Massachusetts v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  First Circuit· 1996-12-19· cited 35×
• Marathon Petroleum Corp. v. Secretary of Finance Ex Rel. Delaware
  Third Circuit· 2017-12-04· cited 35×
• A.W. Financial Services, S.A. v. Empire Resources, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-09-15· cited 34×
• Hillcrest Property, LLP v. Pasco County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2019-02-13· cited 33×
• Draper v. Paul N. Gardner Defined Plan Trust
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-05-28· cited 31×
• Hooks v. Treasurer
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2007-05-04· cited 28×
• British American Insurance v. Fullerton (In re British American Insurance)
  S.D. Florida· 2013-02-28· cited 25×
• Smyth v. Carter
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-04-12· cited 23×
• State ex rel. McCann v. Bank of America, N.A.
  California Court of Appeal· 2011-01-11· cited 18×
• Laturner v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2019-08-13· cited 17×
• Temple-Inland, Inc. v. Cook
  D. Delaware· 2016-06-28· cited 17×
• Delaware v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 2023-02-28· cited 17×
• American Express Travel Related Services Co. v. Sidamon-Eristoff
  D. New Jersey· 2011-01-14· cited 15×
• State v. Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2009-06-03· cited 14×
• Alieda Maron v. Chief Financial Officer of Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-05-16· cited 12×
• Barber v. Texas Department of Transportation
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2001-04-05· cited 11×
• Luther v. Commissioner of Revenue
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1999-02-04· cited 11×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 14,284×
• Paul v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-19· cited 4,836×
• Bishop v. Wood
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-10· cited 2,973×
• Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-02· cited 848×
• Barnhill v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-25· cited 682×
• Anderson National Bank v. Luckett
  Supreme Court· 1944-02-28· cited 410×
• Blodgett v. Silberman
  Supreme Court· 1928-04-16· cited 249×
• Standard Oil Co. v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1951-05-28· cited 184×
• Texas v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-29· cited 129×
• Security Savings Bank v. California
  Supreme Court· 1923-11-19· cited 125×
• Cunnius v. Reading School District
  Supreme Court· 1905-05-29· cited 94×
• Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1961-12-04· cited 86×
• Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Moore
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-29· cited 79×
• Kentucky v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1930-04-14· cited 38×
• Pennsylvania v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-19· cited 37×

Other cases named Delaware v. New York

45 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1966-10-17· cited 4×
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-18· cited 1×
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1993-10-04
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1993-12-13
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1994-02-22
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-31
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-31
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1988-12-12
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1988-12-12
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-12
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-12
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-16
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-16
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-30
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-30
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-12-04
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1989-12-04
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-09
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-09
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-15
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-15
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-26
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-26
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-24
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-24
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-15
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-15
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-24
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-24
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-26
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-26
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-10-05
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-10-05
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-09
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-09
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-19
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-19
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-13
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1993-10-04
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1993-12-13
• Delaware v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1994-02-22