Kimbrough v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
1926
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
May 1988
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Hill v. Franklin · Partee v. Stewart · Lewis v. White · Gatti v. New Orleans Railway & Mill Supply Co.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A debtor can only claim and hold as a homestead not exceeding 160 acres of land, of the value, including improvements, of not exceeding $3,000, and a debtor who asserts a homestead exemption in an estate in common which exceeds 160 acres in quantity has no floating claim to an exemption of his interest in the entire estate. His exemption in such estate is limited to a homestead of the proper quantity, as well as value, and if the value of the debtors’ interest in the 160 acres constituting the homestead happens to be worth less than $3,000, this fact does not entitle him to an exemption in the remainder of the estate. 26”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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