Crebbs v. Epperson (In Re Epperson)’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Davis v. Aetna Acceptance Co. · Irving Trust Company v. Bowditch · American Family Insurance Group v. Gumieny (In Re Gumieny) · Energy Marketing Corp. v. Sutton (In Re Sutton)
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Clearly, the facts in this case do not support a finding of embezzlement. It is not disputed that the defendant had unfettered discretion to sell the firearms for cash, goods, services or any combination thereof. Thus, the sale of the firearms created nothing more than a debt. Nor was there a fiduciary relationship as to the resulting funds.”
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.