In Re Jon Rey Hurtado’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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

1. “(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to the extent that a transfer is avoided under section 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 553(b), or 724(a) of this title, the trustee may recover, for the benefit of the estate, the property transferred, or, if the court so orders, the value of such property, from— (1) the initial transferee of such transfer or the entity for whose benefit such transfer was made; or (2) any immediate or mediate transferee of such initial transferee. (b) The trustee may not recover under section (a)(2) of this section from— (1) a transferee that takes for value, including satisfaction or securing of a present or antecedent debt, in good faith, and without knowledge of the voidability of the transfer avoided; or (2) any immediate or mediate good faith transferee of such transferee.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Slone v. Anderson (In re Anderson) · Tibble v. Farmers Grain Express, Inc. (In re Michigan BioDiesel, LLC)

2. “[W]e think the minimum requirement of status as a “transferee” is dominion over the money or other asset, the right to put the money to one’s own purposes. When A gives a check to B as agent for C, then C is the “initial transferee”; the agent may be disregarded.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel v. Keystone Metals Trading (In Re Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel) · Goldstein v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (In re Universal Marketing, Inc.)

3. “(1) a transferee that takes for value, including satisfaction or securing of a present or antecedent debt, in good faith, and without knowledge of the voidability of the transfer avoided; or (2) any immediate or mediate good faith transferee of such transferee.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Meoli v. Huntington National Bank (In Re Teleservices Group, Inc.) · Williams v. McNabb (In re McNabb)