Ackerman v. Schultz (In Re Schultz)’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 1 state decisions

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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he law of the case doctrine is inapplicable to the instant action. This is not the same litigation or a different litigation between the same parties.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Geltzer v. Brizinova (In re Brizinova) · Geltzer v. Soshkin (In re Brizinova)

2. “[T]he value of a professional practice owned by a debtor as of the commencement of a bankruptcy case is attributable to many different assets; e.g., some of its value flows from the practice’s physical assets, such as equipment; some of the practice’s future cash flow may be attributable to the professional’s human capital, such as his skills and labor; and some of its value may derive from the practice’s intangible assets, such as goodwill.... Goodwill includes the practice’s name recognition, consumer brand loyalty, or special relationships with suppliers or clients. Additionally, it is settled law in New York that professional goodwill, which is comprised of other than personal attributes of a professional person, such as continuity of location and continuity of the name of a professional practice, is a saleable asset which attaches to the place, not the person, and survives even the death of that professional person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Cole

3. “to collect and reduce to money the property of the estate”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Geltzer v. Brizinova (In re Brizinova)