Ward v. Meyers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 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. “The plea of a discharge in bankruptcy is an affirmative defense, i.e., a defense which the bankrupt has the burden of establishing.... When the bankrupt has put the ... discharge in evidence he has established a [p]rima facie defense to any suit against him based on a debt existing at the time of the filing of his petition. The creditor then has the burden of proving that he comes within the exceptions enumerated in [Bankruptcy Code § 523(a)]....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Driscoll

2. “[a] discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, ..., except such as ... (3) have not been duly scheduled in time for proof and allowance, with the name of the creditor if known to the bankrupt, unless such creditor had notice or actual knowledge of the proceedings in bankruptcy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Duncan

3. “[t]he bankrupt shall ... (8) prepare, make oath to, and file in court ... a list of all his creditors, ... showing their residences or places of business, if known, or if unknown that fact to be stated....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Duncan