In re Keck’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently June 1987
3 federal appellate ·
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
Relies on In re G. L. Miller & Co. · In re Kardos
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“2. That J. S. Keck and Leslie C. Spindler, individually and as partners trading as Keck's New Garage, the persons against whom a petition for adjudication in bankruptcy has been filed, were, at and before the filing of said petition, and still are, justly and truly indebted to said C. I. T. Corporation in the sum of $18,803.55.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the claim against the individuals upon which the C.I.T. Corporation relies [i. e., the amended claim] is founded upon a written guaranty by each partner. The claim as filed [the original claim] makes no mention of any such instrument.”
1 later decision 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.