Hall v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
566 U.S. 506 · 2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1104 · 11 U.S.C. § 1201 · 11 U.S.C. § 1222 · 11 U.S.C. § 346 · 11 U.S.C. § 503 · 11 U.S.C. § 507 · 26 U.S.C. § 1398 · 26 U.S.C. § 1399
Relies on Dewsnup v. Timm · Cohen v. De La Cruz · Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · Hibbs Director Arizona Department of Revenue v. Winn et al. · United States v. Noland
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We assume that Congress is aware of existing law when it passes legislation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he ordinary meaning of 'incur' [is] bringing a liability upon oneself.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Seeco, Inc.
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.