Edmonston v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently April 2014 · most notably United States v. Shadduck (1997), Kornfield v. Schwartz (1999)
6 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 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 11 U.S.C. § 522 · 11 U.S.C. § 704
Relies on Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz · Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · Sumy v. Schlossberg · Grosslight Liberty State Bank and Trust v. Grosslight · Coraccio v. Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Bankruptcy Rules `govern' procedure in all bankruptcy proceedings unless inconsistent with either Title 11 or Title 28, United States Code.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) collect and reduce to money the property of the estate ..., and close such estate as expeditiously as is compatible with the best interests of parties in interest; (2) be accountable for all property received; (3) ensure that the debtor shall perform his intention as specified in section 521(2)(B) of this title; (4) investigate the financial affairs of' the debtor; (5) if a purpose would be served, examine proofs of claims and object to the allowance of any claim that is improper; (6) if advisable, oppose the discharge of the debtor; (7) unless the court orders otherwise, furnish such information concerning the estate and the estate’s administration as is requested by a party in interest; (8) if the business of the debtor is authorized to be operated, file ... periodic reports ...; and (9) make a final report and file a final account....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to the extent ... exempt from process under applicable nonbankruptcy law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Eichhorn
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.