Nordhoff Investments, Inc. v. Zenith Electronics Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
258 F.3d 180 · 2001
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Motor Vehicle Casualty Co. v. Thorpe Insulation Co. (2012), R2 Investments, LDC v. Charter Communications, Inc. (2012)
19 federal appellate · 9 district ·
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 Kumho Tire Company, Ltd., et al. v. Patrick Carmichael, Etc., et al. · Bank of New York v. Continental Airlines, Inc. · McDonald v. George Meany Center for Labor Studies · Trone v. Roberts Farms, Inc. · Frito-Lay, Inc. v. LTV Steel Co.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the reorganization plan has been substantially consummated, (2) whether a stay has been obtained, (3) whether the relief requested would affect the rights of parties not before the court, (4) whether the relief requested would affect the success of the plan, and (5) the public policy of affording finality to bankruptcy judgments.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause of the nature of bankruptcy confirmations, ... it is obligatory upon appellant ... to pursue with diligence all available remedies to obtain a stay of execution of the objectionable order ... if the failure to do so creates a situation rendering it inequitable to reverse the orders appealed from.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no question that the Plan has been substantially consummated. Although some of the Plan transactions could conceivably be `reversed,' this would not be easy to accomplish, and other transactions may not be reversible at all.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re: Zenith Electronics Corporation, Debtor. U.S. Trustee v. The Official Committee of Equity Security Holders (District of Delaware Civil No. 99-Cv-00747). U.S. Trustee v. The Unofficial Committee of Equity Security Holders (District of Delaware Civil No. 00-Cv-00399). Donald F. Walton, Acting United States Trustee for Region 3 · Zenith Electronics Corporation US v. US
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.