Kipp v. Sweno’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The house owned and occupied by a debtor as the debtor’s dwelling place, together with the land upon which it is situated to the amount of area and value hereinafter limited and defined, shall constitute the homestead of such debtor and the debtor’s family, and be exempt from seizure or sale under legal process on account of any debt not lawfully charged thereon in writing, except such as are incurred for work or materials furnished in the construction, repair, or improvement of such homestead, or for services performed by laborers or servants and as is provided in section 550.175.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Engstrom

2. “A reasonable amount of property shall be exempt from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Christensen Law Office, PLLC v. Olean