Whitney v. Dresser’s Empirical Analysis
200 U.S. 532 · 1906
Citation profile
87 federal appellate · 74 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 275 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2014 · most notably Gardner v. State of New Jersey (1947), In the Matter of Mobile Steel Company, Debtor. Elaine E. Benjamin v. Lester Y. Diamond, as Trustee in Bankruptcy for Mobile Steel, Inc. (1977)
87 federal appellate · 74 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedIn re Dresser (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Travelers Insurance v. Prewitt · In re Sumner · In re Shaw · In re Carter
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 275 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The words of the statute suggest, 1£ they do not distinctly import, that the objector is to go forward, and thus that the formal proof is evidence even when put in issue. The words are: ‘Objections to claims shall he beard and determined as soon,’ etc. Section 57f [Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 560 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3443)]. It is the objection, not the claim, which is pointed out for hearing and determination. This indicates that tbe claim is regarded as having a certain standing already established by the oath. * * * We believe that, the understanding of the profession, the words of the act and convenient and just administration all are on the side of treating a sworn proof of claim as some evidence even when it is denied.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A claim proven as required by the act should be received and filed by a referee receiving it, and amounts to a prima facie case, thus proving the debt for all purposes in the proceedings, unless objected to or continued for consideration. * * * Even if objected to, the sworn proof of claim is prima facie evidence of its validity. * * * ” Collier on Bankruptcy (11th Ed.) p.”
2 later decisions 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.