Johnson v. Norris’s Empirical Analysis
190 F. 459 · 1911
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2022 · most notably Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green (1946), American Iron Steel Manufacturing Company v. Seaboard Air Line Railway (1914)
39 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
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 Lawrence E. Sexton v. Leopold Louis Dreyfus · Thomas v. Western Car Co. · National Bank of the Commonwealth v. Mechanics' National Bank · In re Kane · In re John Osborn's Sons & 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether we are governed by the apparent intention of Congress as shown by the general purpose of the bankruptcy law, or by the general principles of equity, the result would be the same. The bankrupts should pay their debts in full, principal and interest to the time of payment, whenever the assets of their estates are sufficient. The balance then remaining should be returned to the bankrupts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““... unquestionably, a surplus after paying in full all debts, including all interest due on the debts accruing before and subsequent to the filing of the petition, would equitably belong to the bankrupt, and no statute would be needed to authorize the court to direct its payment to the bankrupt.” (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Schoeneberg““Blackstone states the usual English rule to be that all interest on debts shall cease from the time of issuing the commission, yet, in case of a surplus left after payment of every debt, such interest shall again revive.” (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Schoeneberg
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.