Johnson v. Bondurant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions

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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It seems only logical to conclude that section 34 of the Bankruptcy Act, above, which provides that liability of a person who is a co-debtor with, or guarantor or in any manner a surety for a bankruptcy, shall not be altered by the bankrupt’s discharge, evidences a legislative intent to confine operation of the Act to a bankrupt’s assets at the time of adjudication, and does not operate to release claims against parties liable with the bankrupt, whether liquidated, as in the case of debts, or unliquidated, as in the case of claims based on torts.” 359 P.2d at 865 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Lembke

2. ““A discharge in bankruptcy does not operate to destroy or extinguish the debt, but it does effect a release of the bankrupt which bars enforcement of the collection of the debt as against him if he chooses to avail himself of it.” “A discharge in bankruptcy is personal to the bankrupt but does not affect secondary liability.” Syl. ¶¶ 2, 3.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Garnett State Savings Bank v. Tush