Cohan v. Elder’s Empirical Analysis
118 F.2d 850 · 1941
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
June 1945
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Wright v. Union Central Life Insurance · John Hancock Mut Life Ins Co v. Bartels · Cohan v. Elder
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Act must be liberally construed to give the debtor the full measure of the relief afforded by Congress . . . lest its benefits be frittered away by narrow formalistic interpretations which disregard the spirit and the letter of the Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. Logan“applies explicitly to a case of a farmer who has failed to obtain the acceptance or a majority in number and amount of all creditors whose claims are affected by a proposal for a composition of an extension of time to pay his debts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. Logan
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.