Abbott v. Summers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. ““The special master further finds that the respondent devoted practically all his time to the conduct of his said trust from September 18, 1901, to October 27, 1901, and that, in disposing of the property conveyed to him by bankrupts, he acted honestly, prudently, and carefully. The special master further finds that the respondent conferred with attorneys representing a considerable number of creditors as to the manner in which he was conducting or proposed to conduct the business and dispose of the property, and that said attorneys, on hehalf of said creditors, gave their assent to the course of conduct followed hy respondent, but that certain other creditors did not so assent to respondent’s conduct of said estate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Summers v. Abbott

2. ““Assignees under a general assignment, which was of itself an act of bankruptcy. and constructively fraudulent and in violation of the bankruptcy act, are not entitled to compensation from the estate for their services rendered prior to tile filing of petition in bankruptcy against, the assignor, and they cannot retain any sum as such compensation from the proceeds of property-in their hands.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Standard Fuller's Earth Co.