Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources v. Tri-State Clinical Laboratories, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
178 F.3d 685 · 1999
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC (2012), In Re: Gi Nam (2001)
7 federal appellate · 2 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. § 104 · 11 U.S.C. § 503 · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 11 U.S.C. § 726 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on Pioneer Investment Services Company v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership · Russello v. United States · Kelly v. Robinson · Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · Moskal v. United States
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) After notice and a hearing, there shall be allowed administrative expenses, other than the claims allowed under section 502(f) of this title, including— (1)(A) the actual, necessary costs and expenses of preserving the estate including— (i) wages, salaries, and commissions for services rendered after the commencement of the case; and (ii) wages and benefits awarded pursuant to a judicial proceeding or a proceeding of the National Labor Relations Board as back pay attributable to any period of time occurring after commencement of the case under this title, as a result of a violation of Federal or State law by the debtor, without regard to the time of the occurrence of unlawful conduct on which such award is based or to whether any services were rendered; if the court determines that payment of wages and benefits by reason of the operation of this clause will not substantially increase the probability of layoff or termination of current employees, or of nonpayment of domestic support obligations, during the case under this title[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“judgment). It is a cardinal rule of statutory interpretation that the "starting point of any statutory analysis is the language of the statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Pjroperty of the estates shall be distributed ... fourth, in payment of any allowed claim, whether secured or unsecured, for any fine, penalty, or forfeiture ... to the extent such fine, penalty, or forfeiture ... is not compensation for actual pecuniary loss suffered by the holder of such claim.”
1 later decision 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.