Driggs v. Black’s Empirical Analysis
787 F.2d 503 · 1986
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 26 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 240 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2017 · most notably Grogan v. Garner (1991), Mullet First Bank of Colorado Springs v. Mullet (1987)
10 federal appellate · 26 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. § 523
Relies on Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Carlisle Cashway, Inc. v. Johnson · St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. · Waterbury Community Federal Credit Union v. Magnusson (In Re Magnusson)
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 240 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In 11 U.S.C. §§ 523 (a)(2)(A) it is stated: A discharge under section 727, 1141, 1228(a), 1228(b), or 1328(b) of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— (2) for money, property, services, or an extension, renewal, or refinancing of credit, to the extent obtained by— (A) false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud, other than a statement respecting the debtor’s or an insider’s financial condition;”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity, embezzlement, or larceny.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A discharge under section 727, 1141, 1228(a), 1228(b) or 1328(b) of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— [[Image here]] (2) for money, property, services, or an extension, renewal, or refinancing or credit, to the extent obtained, by— [[Image here]] (B) use of a statement in writing— (i)that is materially false; (ii) respecting the debtor s or an insider’s financial condition; (iii) on which the creditor to whom the debtor is liable for such money, property, services, or credit reasonably relied; and (iv) that the debtor caused to be made or published with intent to deceive ...”
5 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.