Wornick v. Gaffney’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “Under New York law, the revocable beneficiary of a life insurance policy has “a mere expectancy or ... an inchoate right [in the policy] depending entirely upon the will of the insured.” (Citation omitted.) As such, the beneficiary has no legal or equitable interest in the policy that could be made part of the property of the beneficiary’s bankruptcy estate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Morrison

2. “After the commencement of a joint case, the court shall determine the extent, if any, to which the debtors’ estates shall be consolidated.”). Thus, even when a joint petition is filed,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wells Fargo Bank, National Ass'n v. First Republic Bank (In re Salander)

3. “includ[ing] every payment of money, assignment, release, transfer, lease, mortgage, or pledge of tangible or intangible property, and also the creation of any lien or incumbrance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United Bank v. Buckingham