McKay v. Ingleson’s Empirical Analysis
558 F.3d 888 · 2009
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably Harger v. Department of Labor (2009), Avila v. Los Angeles Police Department (2014)
7 federal appellate ·
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. § 523 · 11 U.S.C. § 524
Relies on Arpin v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency · Merchant Andrews University v. Merchant · Johnson v. Missouri Baptist College (In Re Johnson) · Quicken Loans, Inc. v. Wood · Barstow v. United States Internal Revenue Service
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clearly and distinctly in the opening brief.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A)(i) an educational benefit overpayment or loan made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit, or made under any program funded in whole or in part by a governmental unit or nonprofit institution; or (ii) an obligation to repay funds received as an education benefit, scholarship, or stipend ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e conclude!] that the arrangement between [the debtor] and the [c]ollege constitutes a loan.... [B]y allowing [the debtor] to attend classes without prepayment, the [c]ollege was, in effect, ‘advancing’ funds ... to [the debtor] ... [and i]t is immaterial that no money actually changed hands.”
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.