Re James B Wood and Jethro P Hendersons’s Empirical Analysis
210 U.S. 246 · 1908
Citation profile
100 federal appellate · 33 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 290 later decisions (16 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2018 · most notably National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937), Katchen v. Landy (1966)
100 federal appellate · 33 district · 7 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Boyd v. United States · Fred Bardes v. First National Bank of Hawarden Iowa · Bryan v. Louis Bernheimer · Whitney v. Wenman · Henry Toland v. Horatio Sprague
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 290 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Section 60d is sui generis, and does not contemplate the bringing of plenary suits or the recovery of preferential transfers in another jurisdiction. It recognizes the temptation of a failing debtor to deal too liberally with his property in employing counsel to protect him in view, of financial reverses and probable failure. It recognizes the right of such a debtor to have the aid and advice of counsel, and, in contemplation of bankruptcy proceedings which shall strip bim of his property, to make provisions for reasonable compensation to his counsel.””
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““If a debtor shall, directly or indirectly, in contemplation of the filing of a petition by or against him, pay money or transfer property to an attorney and counselor at law, solicitor in equity, or proctor in admiralty for services to be rendered, the transaction shall he re-examined by the court on petition of the trustee or any creditor and shall only be held valid to the extent of a reasonable amount to be determined by the court, and the excess may be re- ■ covered by the trustee for the benefit of the estate.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““They were none the less rendered in contemplation of the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, because directed primarily and principally to the prevention of such petition. A man is usually very much in contemplation of a result which he employs counsel to avoid.””
5 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.