Perry v. Commerce Loan Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
163 federal appellate · 41 district · 38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 460 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2017 · most notably Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson (1986), United States v. Anthony Grace & Sons, Inc. (1966)
163 federal appellate · 41 district · 38 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedIn the Matter of Warren W. Perry, Debtor. Warren W. Perry v. Commerce Loan Company (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 766
Relies on United States v. American Trucking Associations · Isserman v. Ethics Committee of Essex County Bar Ass'n · Moulthrope v. Matus · Ginzburg v. United States
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 460 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There is, of course, no more persuasive evidence of the purpose of a statute than the words by which the legislature undertook to give expression to its wishes. Often these words are sufficient in and of themselves to determine the purpose of the legislation. In such cases we have followed their plain meaning.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by offering two inducements: (1) avoidance of an adjudication of bankruptcy with its attendant stigma; and, at the same time, (2) temporary freedom during the extension from garnishments, attachments and other harassments by creditors.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Carrera · In Re Burrell“(c) The court shall grant the discharge (in bankruptcy) unless satisfied that a bankrupt has ****** (5) In a proceeding under this title commenced within six years prior to the date of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy * * * been granted a discharge, or had a composition or an arrangement by way of composition or a wage earner’s plan by way of composition confirmed under this title * * *. 11 U.S.C. § 32 (c)(5).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.