Maynard v. Elliott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

88 federal appellate · 17 district · 36 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 272 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Possible doubts as to the meaning of the section should be resolved in the light of the purpose of the Act ‘to convert the assets of the bankrupt into cash for distribution among creditors, and then to relieve the honest debtor from the weight of oppressive indebtedness, and permit him to start afresh free from the obligations and responsibilities consequent upon business misfortunes.’ Williams v. U. S. Fidelity Co., supra, 236 U.S. 549 , 554, 35 S.Ct. 289 , 290 [ 59 L.Ed. 713 ].””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Erickson v. Richardson · Plotkin v. Sunflower Beef Packers, Inc. (In Re Hudson Valley Quality Meats, Inc.)

2. “beyond the control of the creditor, and dependent upon an event so fortuitous as to make it uncertain whether liability will ever attach.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Board of Regents Ex Rel. Medical College of Georgia v. Mills (In Re Mills) · Thompson v. England

3. “the right to recover damages in any action for negligence instituted prior to and pending at the time of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miller v. Irving Trust Co. · Copeland v. Emroy Investors, Ltd.