Straton v. New’s Empirical Analysis
283 U.S. 318 · 1931
Citation profile
316 federal appellate · 86 district · 102 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 807 later decisions (41 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2016 · most notably Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford (1935), Continental Illinois Nat Bank Trust Co of Chicago v. Chicago R I & P Ry Co (1935)
316 federal appellate · 86 district · 102 state decisions — followed in 21 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Co. · Hanover National Bank v. Moyses · Sturges v. Crowninshield · Stellwagen v. Clum
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 807 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to place the property of the bankrupt, wherever found, under the control of the court, for equal distribution among the creditors”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Following these cases the federal courts have with practical unanimity held that where a judgment which constitutes a lien on the debtor’s real estate is recovered more than four months prior to the filing of the petition, the bankruptcy court is without jurisdiction to enjoin the prosecution of the creditor’s action, instituted prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, to bring about a judicial sale of the real estate. “The trustee in bankruptcy may intervene in such suits to protect the interests of the estate.””
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Most of the cases cited by the appellees to the effect that the initiation of bankruptcy proceedings confers on the district court jurisdiction to enjoin pending suits in state courts deal with the situation where a lien was acquired within four months of the filing of the petition, or where, after the filing of the petition an action was begun to enforce a lien valid in bankruptcy. As heretofore noted, there are a few cases which have held that the bankruptcy court may enjoin proceedings, brought prior to the filing of the petition, to enforce valid liens which are more than four months old at the date of bankruptcy; but these cases are contrary to the decisions of this Court and to the great weight of federal authority.””
3 later decisions 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.