A.H. Robins Co. v. Piccinin’s Empirical Analysis
788 F.2d 994 · 1986
Citation profile
147 federal appellate · 45 district · 50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 715 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Celotex Corporation v. Edwards (1995), In Re Diana R Beard et Als
147 federal appellate · 45 district · 50 state decisions — followed in 24 states
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. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 105 · 11 U.S.C. § 362 · 11 U.S.C. § 502 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 1412 · 28 U.S.C. § 157
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Parratt v. Taylor · Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.
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 715 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is such identity between the debtor and the third-party defendant that the debtor may be said to be the real party defendant and that a judgment against the third-party defendant will in effect be a judgment or finding against the debtor.”
58 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An action is related to bankruptcy if the outcome could alter the debtor’s rights, liabilities, options or freedom of action (either positively or negatively) and which in any way impacts upon the handling and administration of the bankrupt estate.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“issue any order, process, or judgment that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this title.”
18 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.