Bennett v. Jefferson County’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1101 · 11 U.S.C. § 1129 · 11 U.S.C. § 364 · 11 U.S.C. § 901 · 11 U.S.C. § 928 · 11 U.S.C. § 943 · 11 U.S.C. § 945 · 28 U.S.C. § 1342
Relies on Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · Murphy v. Hunt · Virginian Ry Co v. System Federation No 40 · Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“applying the doctrine of equitable mootness as the County espouse[d] would prevent both state and federal Article III courts from deciding ... 'knotty state law' and constitutional issues and would prevent any review of a federal bankruptcy court's assumption of jurisdiction to enforce its unreviewed actions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Neither subsection (c) nor subsection (d) authorizes the bankruptcy court to allow the County to obtain credit or incur debt by giving the lender or the bankruptcy court unlawful or unconstitutional ratemaking authority.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“County's ceding of its future authority to set sewer rates to the bankruptcy court”
2 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.