Cohen v. Sutherland’s Empirical Analysis
257 F.2d 737 · 1958
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road (1961), Moody v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc. (1992)
12 federal appellate · 3 district · 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 107 · 11 U.S.C. § 110
Relies on Willcox v. Goess · 32 F. Supp. 490 - In Re Messenger · Byrd-Frost, Inc. v. Elder · Willcox v. Goess
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(e) consideration given for the property or obligation of a debtor is ‘fair’ (1) when, in good faith, in exchange and as a fair equivalent therefor, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is satisfied, or (2) when such property or obligation is received in good faith to secure a present advance or antecedent debt in an amount not disproportionately small as compared with the value of the property or obligation obtained.” (Italics added)”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the aggregate of (its) property . . . shall not at a fair valuation be sufficient in amount to pay (its) debts.”
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.