Rake v. Wade’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
96 federal appellate · 39 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,012 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2023 · most notably Till v. SCS Credit Corp. (2004), John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co Harris Trust and Savings Bank Sperry Master Retirement Trust No (1993)
96 federal appellate · 39 district · 3 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedWade v. Hannon (from Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 101 · 11 U.S.C. § 103 · 11 U.S.C. § 1322
Relies on United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · Caminetti v. United States · United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.
Cited together with United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · Nobelman v. American Savings Bank · Dewsnup v. Timm · Till v. SCS Credit Corp.
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 1,012 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'sole function ... is to enforce it according to its terms.'”
44 later decisions quote this exact passage“To the extent that an allowed secured claim is secured by property the value of which, after any recovery under subsection (c) of this section, is greater than the amount of such claim, there shall be allowed to the holder of such claim, interest on such claim, and any reasonable fees, costs, or charges provided for under the agreement or State statute under which such claim arose.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Lewis · In Re Allen“modify the rights of holders of secured claims, other than a claim secured only by a security interest in real property that is the debtor's principal residence.”
25 later decisions 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.