In re Rochford’s Empirical Analysis
124 F. 182 · 1903
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 23 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 1984 · most notably Local Loan Co. v. Hunt (1934), Ex parte Baldwin (1934)
33 federal appellate · 23 district ·
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
Relies on Fred Bardes v. First National Bank of Hawarden Iowa · Bryan v. Louis Bernheimer · East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Railway Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Swarts v. Siegel · Chauncey v. Dyke Bros.
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We think the result of these cases is, in view of the broad powers conferred in section 2 of the bankruptcy act, authorizing the bankruptcy court to cause the estate of the bankrupt to be collected, reduced to money, and distributed, and to determine controversies in relation thereto, and bring in and substitute additional parties when necessary l'or the complete determination of the matter in controversy, that, when the property has become subject to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court as that of the bankrupt, whether held by him or for him, jurisdiction extends to determine controversies in relation to the disposition of the same, and the extent and character of the liens thereon or rights therein.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Tlie administration and distribution of the property of bankrupts is a proceeding in equity, and when authorized by act of Congress it becomes a branch of equity jurisprudence. Property in the custody of a court of equity for administration is always held by it in trust for those to whom it rightfully belongs. The jurisdiction to inquire and determine who the lawful owners of it are, and to that end to call before it all claimants by a reasonable notice or order to present their claims to the court within a reasonable time, or to be barred of any right or interest in the property in its custody, or in its proceeds, is a power inherent in every court of equity, incidental and indispensable to the authority to .administer the property in its possession and to distribute its proceeds.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The United States Circuit Court shall have jurisdiction of all controversies at law and in equity, as distinguished from proceedings in bankruptcy, between trustees as such and adverse claimants concerning the property acquired or claimed by the trustees, iu the same manner and, to the same extent only as though bankruptcy proceedings had not been instituted and such controversies had been between the bankrupts and such adverse claimants.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Seger Bros.
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.