20 F. Supp. 593 - In re Temple’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 2010
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.
Most-quoted passages
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“In the usual order of things, the patient goes to the optometrist; the optometrist does not go to the patient.... Hence the use of the automobile in the business of the bankrupt must of necessity have been limited to delivering orders, which is doubtful; going to and from work; and in going for supplies. These uses would apply with equal force in the case of almost any ordinary man, and would result, if held sufficient, in exemption of an automobile in practically every in stance, contrary to the intent of the legislature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Gaydos“Every person who is the chief support of a family ... may hold property exempt from execution, attachment or sale, for debt, damage, fine or amercement, as follows.... 5) The tools and implements of the debtor necessary for carrying on his or her profession, trade or business, including agriculture, to be selected by him or her, not exceeding two hundred dollars in value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Gaydos
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.