Anstine v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 11 U.S.C. § 544
Relies on Caplin v. Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New York · Hirsch v. Arthur Andersen & Co. · Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. v. Wagoner · Zilkha Energy Company v. Leighton W E · Sender v. Simon
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.
“1. Whether Colorado law recognizes a fiduciary duty owed by an insolvent debtor's officer to the debtor's creditors and, if so, whether 11 U.S.C. § 544 (a) and Colorado law permit a bankruptcy trustee, acting as a hypothetical judgment lien creditor, to sue the debtor's lawyer for aiding and abetting the debtor's officer breach of this fiduciary duty. 2. Whether a lawyer can be liable for aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty of his client's officer to a non-client.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alexander v. Anstine“the law does not insulate aiders and abettors from liability simply because they acted in the course of fulfilling separate and distinct duties as lawyers”), rev'd on other grounds, Alexander v. Anstine, 152 P.3d 497, 503 (Colo.2007) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in breach of trust actions where a fiduciary holds funds in trust for the benefit of a party who is ultimately injured by the breach.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.