Rietz v. Butler’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
March 1982
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 28 U.S.C. § 2284
Relies on McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Ex parte Poresky · Calhoun v. McLendon · Kirksey v. Rowe · Johnson v. Little
Most-quoted passages
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“. . . the phrase “common tools of trade” therein has uniformly been construed to refer, not to tools in common use by the debtor regardless of their value, but to those simple and inexpensive appliances used in his trade.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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