Boston University v. Mehta’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`where funds have changed hands,' or where `there is an agreement ... whereby the college extends credit.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re: Sandra Ann Chambers, Debtor-Appellee, Appeal Of: Sylvia Manning, Not Individually, but in Her Capacity as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago · Chambers

2. “awareness of an obligation does not establish that the parties intended a `loan,'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re: Sandra Ann Chambers, Debtor-Appellee, Appeal Of: Sylvia Manning, Not Individually, but in Her Capacity as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago · Chambers

3. “must be reached prior to or contemporaneous with the transfer”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re: Sandra Ann Chambers, Debtor-Appellee, Appeal Of: Sylvia Manning, Not Individually, but in Her Capacity as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago · Chambers