In the Matter of Jane Marlene Busick, Debtor-Appellant’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently June 2018
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Butner v. United States · Frank Thompson v. Henry Fairbanks · Inryco, Inc. v. Metropolitan Engineering Co. · Breuer Electric Manufacturing Co. v. Toronado Systems of America, Inc.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rule 60(b) has been judicially interpreted to require a showing that (1) good cause existed for the default, (2) swift action was taken to correct it, and (3) a meritorious defense to the complaint exists. Id. at 925 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) Leo Busick was engaged in the businesses of building homes, selling and installing swimming pools, and managing rental properties; (2) Jane Busick was not involved in Leo Busick’s business affairs; (3) most of the Busicks’ real property was owned in tenancy by the entirety; (4) the contracts for services and materials out of which the creditors’ claims arose were entered into by Leo Busick; (5) there were no express agreements between Jane Busick and the creditors that she would be liable for the amounts due on the contracts; and (6) the materials and services were provided for the real property held by the Busicks as tenants by the entirety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matter of Busick“(b Mistakes; Inadvertence; Excusable Neglect; Newly Discovered Evidence; Fraud, etc. On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or a party’s legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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