Myers v. Matley’s Empirical Analysis
130 F.2d 775 · 1942
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 1995
2 federal appellate ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 110
Relies on Lockwood v. Exchange Bank · White v. Stump · United States v. Marxen · Davis v. O'Hara · Hawthorne v. Smith
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A homestead, as provided by law, shall be exempt from forced sale under any process of law, and shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists; . . . and laws shall be enacted providing for the recording of such homestead within the county in which the same shall be situated.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Myers v. Matley“except in so far as it is to property which is exempt, . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Myers v. Matley“property which is held to be exempt, . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Myers v. Matley
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.