Robinson v. Mountjoy’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently February 1998 · most notably Houtman v. Mann (1978), Carey Lumber Co. v. Bell (1980)
8 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Local Loan Co. v. Hunt · Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp. · Central Illinois Co. v. Irving Trust Co. · Martin v. Henley · Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States v. Deutschle
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If, in the course of adjudicating a state-law question, a state court should determine factual issues using standards identical to those of section 17, then collateral estoppel, in the absence of countervailing statutory policy, would bar relitigation of those issues in the bankruptcy court.” 2 . "Upon a judgment on the claim in the state court, the bankruptcy court can review the record, hear additional evidence if offered or desired, and then make a determination on the crucial issue of dischargeability.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) creditor who contends that his debt is not discharged under clause (2), (4) or (8) of subdivision (a) of this section must file an application for a determination of dischargeability . . . and, unless an application is timely filed, the debt shall be discharged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Houtman v. Mann“did not divest the bankruptcy courts of the discretion, absent special and unusual circumstances, to refrain from ruling on the dischargeability of a specific claim then in issue in a state court proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.