Schaefer v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
469 F.2d 1256 · 1972
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently June 1993
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 103
Relies on Williams v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · Central Trust Co. v. Chicago Auditorium Ass'n · Brown v. O'Keefe · Maynard v. Elliott · In the Matter of William Rakestraw Co., Inc., Bankrupt. Marin Foods, Inc. v. Walter J. Hempy, Trustee in Bankruptcy
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While it is important in bankruptcy that estates be administered expeditiously and the assets distributed to creditors, it is equally important that effect be given to the purpose of the Act, “to relieve the honest debtor from the weight of oppressive indebtedness, and permit him to start afresh free from” the consequences of financial misfortunes, (citations omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In an appropriate case a one year period could very possibly 'unduly delay the administration of the estate.' Under other circumstances, however, when considered with all other factors, a contingent claim should not be disallowed solely on the basis of administrative delay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall not be allowed if the court shall determine ... that such liquidation or estimation would unduly delay the administration of the estate or any proceeding under this title.”
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.