United States v. Killoren’s Empirical Analysis
119 F.2d 364 · 1941
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 1995 · most notably Bell General Motors Acceptance Corporation v. Bell (1983), Waldschmidt v. Ranier (1983)
11 federal appellate · 2 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. § 104 · 11 U.S.C. § 502
Relies on People of State of Michigan Haggerty v. Michigan Trust Co · Missouri v. Ross · In re Columbia Ribbon Co. · In re Rochford · Johnson v. Norris
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'It has not, however, plenary jurisdiction in equity, but is confined, in the application of the rules and principles of equity, to the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, reasonably interpreted. * * * The plain mandate of the law cannot be set aside because of considerations which may appeal to referee or judge as falling within general principles of equity jurisprudence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The plain mandate of the law cannot be set aside because of considerations which may appeal to referee or judge as falling within general principles of equity jurisprudence.”
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.