Chereton v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
286 F.2d 409 · 1961
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Freeman v. Seligson (1968), Metheany v. United States (1966)
10 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 501 · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 152 · 18 U.S.C. § 1621
Relies on Glasser v. United States · Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. United States · United States v. Parker · Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles et Commerciales, S. A. v. Brownell · Anderson v. United States
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Examination of a designated person under this section may be as broad in scope as that permitted of the bankrupt himself. The examination is in the nature of a discovery proceeding. It provides the means for a thorough investigation into the affairs of the bankrupt calculated to lead to the discovery and recovery of his assets and a determination of the amount of his indebtedness. The relevancy of questions propounded is not to be determined by standards applied to the trial of issues, but by the broader test of relevancy applied under Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure... The trustee may inquire at large and without limit except in eases of plain abuse, to be determined in the Court’s discretion. The inquiry may even be a fishing expedition. It is no objection that it leads to the prosecution of an action against the witness. In proceedings for the reorganization of a corporation under the Bankruptcy Act ... the examination before a master appointed by the Court may be exploratory and groping...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“concerning the acts, conduct, or property of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Freeman v. Seligson
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.