Sheehan v. Ash’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 522 · 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991) · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on National League of Cities v. Usery · Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. · Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when Congress [pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522 (b)(3)(A) ] directed particular debtors to exempt property according to the law of their prior domicile, how did it intend for that state's law to apply?”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sheehan v. Ash“a state's exemption laws may be applied to non-residents and to out-of-state property, regardless of whether that state's laws allow for such extraterritorial effect or not.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sheehan v. Ash“place in which the debtor's domicile has been located for the 730 days immediately preceding the date of the filing of the [bankruptcy] petition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sheehan v. Ash
How this case has been treated — in progress
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