Semel v. Dill’s Empirical Analysis
731 F.2d 629 · 1984
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Sambo's Restaurants, Inc. v. Wheeler (1985), Global Western Development Corporation Global Western Development Corporation v. Northern Orange County Credit Service Inc (1985)
18 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 303 · 28 U.S.C. § 1293
Relies on In Re All Media Properties, Inc. · United States v. Tibbetts · Comer v. Comer · Bd International Discount Corp Bd International Discount Corp v. Chase Manhattan Bank Na
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'one which the debtor will be called upon to pay only upon the occurrence or happening of an extrinsic event which will trigger the liability of the debtor to the alleged creditor.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““We do not adopt matter of Covey as the rule for making that determination where the claim is disputed as to liability. The Covey rule appears to lean too heavily toward favoring creditors, as opposed to Debtor’s interest.” at 632.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] finding that a debtor is generally not paying its debts `requires a more general showing of the debtor's financial condition and debt structure than merely establishing the existence of a few unpaid debts.'”
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.