Local Loan Co. v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis
292 U.S. 234 · 1934
Citation profile
933 federal appellate · 187 district · 150 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4,519 later decisions (89 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably Grogan v. Garner (1991), Pepper v. Litton (1939)
933 federal appellate · 187 district · 150 state decisions — followed in 34 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
reviewedTrustees System Reinco Co. v. Skorcz (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · Hanover National Bank v. Moyses · Fred Bardes v. First National Bank of Hawarden Iowa · Stellwagen v. Clum
Cited together with Grogan v. Garner · Pepper v. Litton · Williams v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · Perez. v. Campbell · Lines v. Frederick
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 4,519 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a new opportunity in life with a clear field for future effort, unhampered by the pressure and discouragement of preexisting debt.”
150 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]ourts of bankruptcy are essentially courts of equity, and their proceedings inherently proceedings in equity.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to secure or preserve the fruits and advantages of a judgment or decree rendered”
13 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.