In Re Cheney Bros.’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 1 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Sec. 77(b) (6). A plan of reorganization within the meaning of this section * * * (6) may reject contracts of the debtor which are executory in whole or in part, including unexpired leases except contracts in the public authority.” “Sec. 77B (c) (5) * * * the judge * * * (5) may direct the rejection of contracts of the debtor executory in whole or in part.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Childs Co.

2. “When the landlord claims that a lease is not a contract, executory in whole or in part, but an estate in land, he enters a domain of dubious casuistry in which he is by no means invulnerable. For a lease as such is not an estate in anything, though a leasehold is. The lease embodies a demise from the landlord, in addition to contractual obligations ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Tri-Glied, Ltd.

3. “The exercise of such power is not necessarily predicated on a petition of the debtor or trustee. Any party in interest may invoke it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Riverside Nursing Home