Hower v. Molding Systems Engineering Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
445 F.3d 935 · 2006
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently April 2023
5 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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. § 363
Relies on Higgason v. Farley · 71428 Andy Frain Services Inc Saw Wilson · Corporate Assets, Inc. v. Paloian · Cgi Industries Incorporated · Brouwer v. Ancel & Dunlap
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Here, there is no question that no stay was entered, that the bankruptcy court made an explicit finding of good faith, and that the sale took place. Therefore, the appeal is moot, because the sale is final and this court is powerless to provide [appellant] the remedy he seeks.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“good reason for allowing such transactions [to insiders].” Hower, 445 F.3d at 939 .”
1 later decision 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.