Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Arenz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 federal appellate · 3 district · 21 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘Property’ is a word of very broad meaning, and, when used without qualification, expressly made or plainly implied, it reasonably may be construed to include obligations, rights, and other intangibles as well as physical things.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Texas Co. v. Hauptman · Mester v. Brevard (In Re Brevard)

2. ““Property” is a word of very broad meaning, and, when used without qualification, expressly made or plainly implied, it reasonably may be construed to include obligations, rights, and other intangibles as well as physical things, (citations omitted) For the meaning rightly here to be given the word, regard is to be had to the statute and connection in which it is found, (citations omitted) The Act, while making discharge of bankrupts the general rule, conditions the grant upon adherence by every applicant to the standards of honesty and fair dealing in business transactions that are required or reflected in section 32(b)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), 11 USCA. The fraud perpetrated by respondent is of the kind condemned. Giving effect to the rule that legislative intent controls, it is plain that “property” includes petitioner’s obligation according to the terms of the bond to pay respondent’s debts, (citations omitted)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. S.P. Investments Ltd. Partnership v. O'Connor (In Re O'Connor)