Soileau v. H’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]n in rem bankruptcy proceeding brought merely to obtain the discharge a debt or debts by determining the rights of various creditors in a debtor's estate-such as is brought here-in no way infringes the sovereignty of a state as a creditor.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Port of Corpus Christi Auth. v. Sherwin Alumina Co. (In re Sherwin Alumina Co.) · 743 F. Supp. 2d 429 - Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

2. “[t]he definitions of penalty and fine reflect the traditional understanding of the these terms as punitive or penal sanctions imposed for some form of wrongdoing. Their inclusion in § 523(a)(7) implies that Congress intended to limit the section’s application to forfeitures imposed upon a wrongdoing debtor. 15”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schaffer v. Louisiana State Board of Dentistry

3. “any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Port of Corpus Christi Auth. v. Sherwin Alumina Co. (In re Sherwin Alumina Co.)