In re Povill’s Empirical Analysis
105 F.2d 157 · 1939
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably Kapp v. Naturelle, Inc. (1979), American Anthracite & Bituminous Coal Corp. v. Arrivabene (1960)
15 federal appellate · 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
Relies on Montgomery Bell v. James Morrison Anthony Butler and Jonathan Taylor · Shapley v. . Abbott · Manchester v. . Braedner · Brooklyn Bank v. . Barnaby · Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Wead
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Order 21. Proofs of Claim * * “(6) When the trustee or any creditor or the bankrupt or debtor shall desire the reconsideration of any claim allowed against the estate, he may apply by petition to the referee to whom the case is referred for an order for such reconsideration * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is an acknowledgement of the debt in the literal sense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it signifies an intent by the bankrupt not to pay”
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.