Brown v. Chesnut’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 1322 · 11 U.S.C. § 1327 · 11 U.S.C. § 362 · 11 U.S.C. § 501 · 11 U.S.C. § 502 · 28 U.S.C. § 157
Relies on Matter of Wood v. P Wood & Pa · Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey · Nilsen v. City of Moss Point · Simmons v. Savell · Republic Supply Co. v. Shoaf
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For a prior judgment to bar an action on the basis of res judicata, the parties must be identical in both suits, the prior judgment must have been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, there must have been a final judgment on the merits and the same cause of action must be involved in both cases.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.