Maxfield v. Jennings’s Empirical Analysis
670 F.3d 1329 · 2012
Citation profile
41
cited by 41 later decisions
September 2020
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Kawaauhau v. Geiger · Hope v. Walker · Murray v. Bammer · Ikner Lee v. Ikner
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] debtor is responsible for a 'willful' injury when he or she commits an intentional act the purpose of which is to cause injury or which is substantially certain to cause injury.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'wrongful and without just cause or excessive even in the absence of personal hatred, spite or ill-will.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another entity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.