United States v. Whitney’s Empirical Analysis
654 F.2d 607 · 1981
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bramwell v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · United States v. State of Oklahoma · United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corp. · George Beaston v. The Farmers' Bank of Delaware · King v. United States
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * And it is manifest, that Congress intended to give priority of payment to the United States over all other creditors, in the cases cited therein. It, therefore, lies upon those who claim exemption from the operation of the statute, to show that they are not within its provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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