Cadle Co. v. Mims’s Empirical Analysis
608 F.3d 253 · 2010
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 363 · 11 U.S.C. § 503 · 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 11 U.S.C. § 544 · 11 U.S.C. § 548
Relies on Koon v. United States · Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz · Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. Anderson · Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub · Moore v. Bay Estate of Sassard & Kimball
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]ny property the trustee recovers becomes estate property and is divided pro rata among all general creditors.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A sale of assets under § 363 . . . is subject to court approval and must be supported by an articulated business justification, good business judgment, or sound business reasons.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not address the broader question whether a trustee may sell all chapter 5 avoidance powers, such as the power to avoid preferences under § 547 or to avoid fraudulent transfers under § 54,8. A sale of § 544(b) actions is nothing more than a sale of the trustee’s right to bring state law claims existing outside of bankruptcy....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Milazzo
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.