Magnus v. Ketcham’s Empirical Analysis
112 F. 752 · 1902
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Last Chance Min Co v. Tyler Min Co · John Voorhees v. James Jackson · In re Richards · Barton v. Anderson · John Shawhan Daniel Shawhan George Perrin Benjamin Berry Catharine Snodgrass and Isaac Miller v. Perry Wherritt Assignee of the Estate of Benjamin Brandon
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That Alva L. Sowers is insolvent and that within four months next preceding the date of this petition the said Sowers committed an act of bankruptcy in that he did heretofore in the month of September, 1904, transfer his property to Richardson-Roberts Dry Goods Company with the intent to prefer Richardson-Roberts Dry Goods Company over such other creditors and at the time of such transfer said Sowers was insolvent.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““If it were necessary, in order to bind creditors by a judgment in bankruptcy, that they should appear and answer, >as they always have a right to do* then an adjudication could he prevented simply by creditors abstaining from appearing in the proceedings. But it is well settled that the proceedings are in a large sense in rein, and are binding whether the bankrupt or creditors appear or not.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cook v. Robinson
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.