In re Semel & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2007
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burnett v. New York Central Railroad · Hassett v. Welch · United States v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. · United States v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · United States v. Heth
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he purpose of bankruptcy legislation from its inception in the last century down to the present day was and is the reasonably expeditious rehabilitation of financially distressed debtors with a consequent distribution to creditors who have acted diligently.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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