Murray v. Bammer’s Empirical Analysis
131 F.3d 788 · 1997
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 136 later decisions — most recently March 2020 · most notably McClellan v. Cantrell (2000), Su v. C Su
27 federal appellate · 4 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Brown III v. Felsen · United States v. McConney · Cecchini Impulsora Del Territorio Sur Sa v. Cecchini Robustelli Impulsora Del Territorio Sur Sa
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 136 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a wrongful act, (2) done intentionally, (3) which necessarily causes injury, and (4) is done without just cause or excuse.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A discharge under section 727, 1141, 1228(a), 1228(b), or 1328(b) of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt — .... (6) for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another entity.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not require a showing of biblical malice, i.e., personal hatred, spite or ill-will.”
4 later decisions 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.