Carter v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Probate Court)
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 102 · 11 U.S.C. § 323 · 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 11 U.S.C. § 554
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board · Montgomery v. Kennedy · State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. S.S.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where an action is pending prior to the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding a trustee has three options: (1) to assume prosecution of the pending action; (2) to consent to the debtor's continued prosecution of the action for the trustee's benefit; or (3) to decline to prosecute the pending actions if it appears the prosecution would be fruitless.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.