Sherman v. Luckhardt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If a bankrupt shall have given a preference within four months before the filing of a petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, and the person receiving it, or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall have had reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a preference, it shall be voidable by the trustee, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sherman v. Luckhardt

2. ““The claims of creditors who have received preferences shall not be allowed unless such creditors shall surrender their preferences.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sherman v. Luckhardt