Austrian v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
159 F.2d 67 · 1946
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 1978
7 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. § 501 · 11 U.S.C. § 502 · 28 U.S.C. § 41
Relies on Fred Bardes v. First National Bank of Hawarden Iowa · Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. Fox · Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. Fox · Schoenthal v. Irving Trust Co. · Bryan v. Louis Bernheimer
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such jurisdiction at law and in equity as will enable them to exercise original jurisdiction in proceedings under this Act ... to ... (7) Cause the estates of bankrupts to be collected, reduced to money and distributed, and determine controversies in relation thereto, except as herein otherwise provided . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Austrian“proceedings in behalf of the estate upon any claim”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Austrian
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.