In re Eastlack’s Empirical Analysis
145 F. 68 · 1906
Citation profile
5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently September 1933
5 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 Falter v. Reinhard · In re Rekersdres · In re Cooper · Falter v. Reinhard · In re Dayville Woolen 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““These cases establish the rule that the election of a trustee by the creditors is not to be disapproved, unless there is good reason for 'believing that the election has been directed, managed, or controlled by the bankrupt or his attorney, or by some influence opposed to the creditors’ interests.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The fact that one who is chosen by the creditors as trustee in bankruptcy advised the voluntary assignment under the state law which constituted the act of bankruptcy does not render him incompetent as trustee. * * * The fact that one who is chosen by a bankrupt’s creditors as trustee had a law office with an attorney who represented certain stockholders of the bankrupt, who claimed to be creditors, but whose claims were to be contested, and that these persons were former clients of the trustee, and put their claims into his associate’s hands at his suggestion, and that the trustee’s election was with the aid of such persons, is insufficient to make his election an improper one, but merely calls for its close scrutiny. * * * The selection by a bankrupt’s creditors of a trustee is not to be interfered with by the court, unless it clearly imperils the fair and efficient administration of the estate.” 1”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The appointment of a trustee by the creditors shall be subject to be approved or disapproved by the referee or by the judge, and he shall be removable by the judge only.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Kreuger
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.