George Kreitlein v. Charles Ferger’s Empirical Analysis
238 U.S. 21 · 1915
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 19 district · 112 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 196 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2018 · most notably Hill v. Smith (1923), Myers v. International Trust Co. (1923)
18 federal appellate · 19 district · 112 state decisions — followed in 28 states
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 Crawford v. Burke · Birkett v. Columbia Bank · Hancock National Bank v. Farnum · Columbia Bank v. . Birkett
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 196 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““§ 523. Exceptions to discharge. (a) A discharge under section 727, 1141, or 1328(b) of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— [[Image here]] (3) neither listed nor scheduled under section 521(1) of this title, with the name, if known to the debtor, of the creditor to whom such debt is owed, in time to permit— (A) if such debt is not of a kind specified in paragraph (2), (4), or (6) of this subsection, timely filing of a proof of claim, unless such creditor had notice or actual knowledge of the case in time for such timely filing; or (B) if such debt is of a kind specified in paragraph (2), (4), or (6) of this subsection, timely filing of a proof of claim and timely request for a determination of dis-chargeability of such debt under one of such paragraphs, unless such creditor had notice or actual knowledge of the case in time for such timely filing and request; [[Image here]] (6) for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another entity;””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hill v. Smith · Gomez v. Adams“A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, except such as ... have not been duly scheduled in time for proof and allowance, ... unless such creditor had notice or actual knowledge of the proceedings in bankruptcy”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“in the city where they lived, but without adding the street and number of their residence”). . The automatic stay under 362(a) only stays those proceedings against the debtor. See 11 USC § 362 (a)(”
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.