United States v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.2d 1305 · 1986
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 188 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Zale Corporation Feld v. Zale Corporation (1995), Haber Oil Co. v. Swinehart (1994)
26 federal appellate · 7 district · 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 103 · 11 U.S.C. § 105 · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on Carstea v. Poplar Tree Homeowners Ass'n · Wetmore v. Markoe · Johnson v. First National Bank · Audubon v. Shufeldt · Johnson v. First National Bank of Montevideo
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 188 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the bankruptcy courts have fashioned relief under Section 105(a) in a variety of situations, the powers granted by that statute may be exercised only in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. That statute does not authorize the bankruptcy courts to create substantive rights that are otherwise unavailable under applicable law, or constitute a roving commission to do equity.”
24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he court may issue any order, process, or judgment that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this title.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“constitute a roving commission to do equity.”
3 later decisions 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.