Smith v. Silverman’s Empirical Analysis
645 F.3d 186 · 2011
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 350 · 28 U.S.C. § 1927
Relies on Sims v. Blot · State Bank of India v. Chalasani · Gallop v. Cheney · Dana Commercial Credit Corp. v. Nisselson (In Re Center Teleproductions, Inc.) · In Re Smith
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] [Chapter 7] bankruptcy trustee is immune from suit for personal liability for acts taken as a matter of business judgment in acting in accordance with statutory or other duty or pursuant to court order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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