Melvin J. Towers v. James A. Curry, Trustee, Etc.’s Empirical Analysis
247 F.2d 738 · 1957
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently March 1983
1 federal appellate · 1 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.
Relationships
Relies on Rauer's Collection Co. v. Higgins · 140 Cal. App. 2d 185 - Strangman v. Duke · Reid v. Englehart-Davidson Mercantile Co. · In Re the Estate of Fath · John O. England, Trustee of the Estate of Daniel E. Sanderson, Bankrupt v. Daniel E. Sanderson, Bankrupt
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.
“By reason of § 6 of the Bankruptcy Act ( 11 U.S.C.A. § 24 ), we are required to interpret § 1260 of the Civil Code as the California courts have done. While the Civil Code itself provides that the homestead statutes should be liberally construed, and the courts have repeatedly said that is their obligation, it is their liberal construction, and not ours, which must control.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“There can be no more than one valid declaration of homestead by a claimant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Donner
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.