Steelcase Inc. v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 323 · 1994
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 8 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 119 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Anastas v. American Savings Bank (1996), Lewis v. Scott (1996)
44 federal appellate · 8 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. § 1122 · 11 U.S.C. § 1129 · 11 U.S.C. § 301 · 11 U.S.C. § 362 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers · Bryson Properties, XVIII v. Travelers Insurance Co. · Kham & Nate's Shoes No. 2, Inc. v. First Bank of Whiting · Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Greystone III Joint Venture · Bryson Properties Xviii Travelers Insurance Company v. Bryson Properties Xviii
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 119 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a plan may place a claim or an interest in a particular class only if such claim or interest is substantially similar to the other claims or interests.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In our view, this is a distinction without meaning.... We thus reaffirm our rule that a bankruptcy court’s finding that a claim is or is not substantially similar to other claims, constitutes a finding of fact reviewable under the clearly erroneous standard.” (citations omitted)). 17 . Elbridge Gerry is one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. He also served as Vice President of the United States from 1813 to 1814 under President James Madison. Mr. Gerry's name and the word "gerrymander”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... if all of the applicable requirements of subsection (a) of this section other than paragraph (8) are met with respect to a plan, the court, on request of the proponent of the plan, shall confirm the plan notwithstanding the requirements of such paragraph if the plan does not discriminate unfairly, and is fair and equitable, with respect to each class of claims or interests that is impaired under, and has not accepted, the plan.”
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.