Johnston v. Webster’s Empirical Analysis
49 F.3d 538 · 1995
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently November 2017
1 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1129 · 11 U.S.C. § 346 · 11 U.S.C. § 507 · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 11 U.S.C. § 554 · 26 U.S.C. § 1001 · 26 U.S.C. § 1398 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Court Holding Co · Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · Beno v. Shalala · Steelcase Inc. v. Johnston · Kc Machine Tool Company Morgan Pc v. Kc Machine & Tool Company
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.
“Once a bankruptcy court has determined that the factual predicates for abandonment . . . are present, the court's decision to authorize or deny abandonment is reviewed for abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“After notice and a hearing, the trustee may abandon any property of the estate that is burdensome to the estate or that is of inconsequential value and benefit to the estate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sheehan v. Scotchel“of inconsequential value and benefit to the”
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.