Bankr L Rep P 71725 in the Matter of Marie Erickson Appeal of Dorchester State Bank’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

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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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Finding the meaning of a statute is more like calculating a vector (with direction and length) than it is like identifying which way the underlying 'values' or 'purposes' point (which has direction alone). Cf. Walton v. United States Consumers Club, Inc., 786 F.2d 303 , 310-11 (7th Cir.1986); Mercado v. Calumet Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n, 763 F.2d 269 , 271 (7th Cir.1985).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chicago Club · 902 So. 2d 296 - Blankfeld v. Richmond Health Care, Inc.

2. “(f) Notwithstanding any waiver of exemptions, the debtor may avoid the fixing of a lien on an interest of the debtor in property to the extent that such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled under subsection (b) of this section, if such lien is—..... (2) a nonpossessory, nonpurchase-mon-ey security interest in any—..... (B) implements, professional books, or tools, of the trade of the debtor or the trade of a dependent of the debtor;”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Thompson · In Re Gary Thompson and Randalyn Thompsonss Appeal of Abbotsford State Bank

3. “[t]oo much 'liberality' will undermine the statute as surely as too literal an interpretation would.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. State of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission · Madison Madison International of Illinois, P.C. v. Matra, S.A. (In Re Madison Madison International of Illinois, P.C.)