Pugh v. Adco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
329 F.2d 362 · 1964
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently June 1996
5 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 152
Relies on Becker v. Shields · Rameson Brothers, Etc. v. George T. Goggin, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Etc., Frederick M. Rameson, Bankrupt v. George T. Goggin, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, Etc., William W. Rameson, Bankrupt v. George T. Goggin, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, Etc. · In re Hammerstein · In re Marcus
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The question of discharge is not one related solely to creditors in general, but also involves public policy. A discharge is granted to an honest debtor in order that he may reinstate himself in the business world; it is refused to the dishonest bankrupt as a punishment for his fraud and to prevent its continuance in the future.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where a discharge is barred under § 14, sub. c(2-7) because of a wrongful act of the debtor, a future discharge will be denied only in regard to those who were creditors at the time that the wrongful act occurred, or became creditors within the time specified by the Act. But the doctrine adopted by the district court would prevent the discharge in bankruptcy as to all creditors for all time when the wrong committed is a bar under § 14, sub. c(l). Neither § 14, sub. c, nor any other provision of the Act makes such a differentiation, and there is nothing in the legislative history to justify it. . . Appellant should be granted a discharge from all debts except those involved in the earlier bankruptcy proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stuhley v. Hyatt
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.