Keith v. Kilmer’s Empirical Analysis
261 F. 733 · 1919
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently August 2005
15 federal appellate · 5 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 Upton Assignee v. Tribilcock · Hollins v. Brierfield Coal & Iron Co. · Thomas v. Railroad Co. · Hawkins v. Glenn · Sanger v. Upton
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““through an executory contract cease to be a stockholder, and become a creditor, to share in competition with other creditors in the assets of the corporation when bankrupt.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Whether, by executory contract between a Maine corporation and one of its stockholders, such stockholder may he transmuted from a stockholder into a creditor, and as such be permitted to share in the assets, pari passu with merchandise and other ordinary creditors, proving claims in bankruptcy.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The decree of the District Court is reversed, and the ease is remanded to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion passed down November 15, 1919, as explained by the per curiam opinion of January 6, 1920, and the appellant recovers his costs of appeal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Keith v. Kilmer
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.