In re Lagerstrom’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently December 2007
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Segal v. Rochelle · Danning v. Mintz
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.
“all transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, . .. except as hereinafter provided, shall be absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Here the only contest is between the as-signee and the trustee in bankruptcy of the assignor, and the government is not exposed to the threat of multiple claims since the claim has already been paid and the government’s liability is at an end. Thus, since the statute ( 31 U.S.C. Sec. 203 ) is for the protection of the government, and not for the regulation of the assignment as between the private parties involved ... the federal statute does not apply and should not [be] deemed controlling ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In consideration of legal services rendered and to be rendered in connection with bankruptcy proceedings, the undersigned hereby assign and transfer to BERNARD G. STUTLER all their interest in and to any claim for refund against the United States Government for refund of income taxes over-withheld during the calendar year 1968, to the extent of $245.00.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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