Bray v. Cobb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 14 district ·

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As to tho rent of the bank: The contractual relations being terminated, a landlord is not entitled to prove a claim for rent against a bankrupt after such bankrupt ceases to use the building. The relations of landlord and tenant are severed by operation of the bankruptcy law. The trustee of his estate may, after adjudication, occupy and use the rented or leased premises for the estate; but under such circumstances it would be chargeable to the estate, not as rent under bankrupt’s contract, but as cost and expenses of administering the same.” Bray v. Cobb, 2 Nat. Bankr. N. 588, 100 Fed. 270 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Atkins v. Wilcox · In re Inman & Co.

2. ““A loase for a term of years, reserving rent payable in monthly installments, is terminated by the adjudication of the lessee as a bankrupt during the term; and the landlord has no provable claim against the tenant’s estate in bankruptcy for the rent which would have accrued under the lease after the date of such adjudication.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Inman & Co.