Meyer v. Rigdon’s Empirical Analysis
36 F.3d 1375 · 1994
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 252 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Whitacre Partnership v. Biosignia, Inc. (2004), 189 Wis. 2d 541 - Northern States Power Co. v. Bugher (1995)
37 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
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 11 U.S.C. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 12 U.S.C. § 1752A · 12 U.S.C. § 1813 · 12 U.S.C. § 1821
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck · Brown III v. Felsen · Sloan v. Hicks
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 252 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A discharge under section 727 ... of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— (2) for money, property, services, or an extension, renewal, or refinancing of credit, to the extent obtained by— (A) false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud, other than a statement respecting the debtor’s or an insider’s financial condition.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the issue sought to be precluded must be the same as that involved in the prior litigation, (2) the issue must have been actually litigated, (3) the determination of the issue must have been essential to the final judgment, and (4) the party against whom estoppel is invoked must be fully represented in the prior action.”
7 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.