Efron v. Gutierrez’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 303 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Beard v. Braunstein · Texaco Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Department of Consumer Affairs · Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After the filing of [an involuntary] petition under this section but before the case is dismissed or relief is ordered, a creditor holding an unsecured claim that is not contingent, other than a creditor filing under subsection (b) of this section, may join in the petition with the same effect as if such joining creditor were a petitioning creditor under subsection (b) of this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re DSC, Ltd.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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