In re Gibraltor Amusements, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
291 F.2d 22 · 1961
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably United States v. Kahaner (1963), In Re All Media Properties, Inc. (1980)
23 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on Markham v. Cabell · Taylor v. Standard Gas & Electric Co. · Hart Steel Company v. Railroad Supply Company · Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board · Burnet v. Guggenheim
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For most purposes, the law deals with a corporation as an entity distinct from its shareholders. Traditionally courts will pierce the corporate veil “when the notion of legal entity is used to defeat public convenience, justify wrong, protect fraud, or defend crime.” United States v. Milwaukee Refrigerator Tran sit Co., C.C.E.D.Wis.1905, 142 F. 247, 255 ; In re Belt-Modes, Inc., D.C.S.D.N.Y.1950, 88 F.Supp. 141 ; Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co. v. City of New York, 1932, 259 N.Y. 472 , 182 N.E. 145 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“b. Three or more creditors who have provable claims against any person which amount in the aggregate, in excess of the value of securities held by them, if any, to five hundred dollars or over; or if all of the creditors of such person are less than twelve in number, then one of such creditors whose claim equals such amount may file a petition to have him adjudged a bankrupt. ****** d. If it be averred in the petition that the creditors of the bankrupt are less than twelve in number, and less than three creditors have joined as petitioners therein, and the answer avers the existence of a larger number of creditors, there shall be filed with the answer a list under oath of all the creditors, with their addresses, and thereupon the court shall cause all such creditors to be notified of the pendency of such petition and shall delay the hearing upon such petition for a reasonable time, to the end that parties in interest shall have an opportunity to be heard; if upon such hearing it shall appear that a sufficient number have joined in such petition, or if prior to or during such hearing a sufficient number shall join therein, the case may be proceeded with, but otherwise it shall be dismissed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus, the entire process that resulted in the enactment of the Act of Í898 was a pitched battle between those who wanted to give the creditor an effective remedy to assure equal distribution of a bankrupt's assets anil those who were determined to protect the debtor from the harassment of ill-considered or oppressive involuntary petitions, including those by a single creditor interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Murray
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