Cottrell v. Schilling’s Empirical Analysis
876 F.2d 540 · 1989
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 10 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably Dow Corning Corporation Lindsey v. O'Brien Tanski Tanzer and Young Health Care Providers of Connecticut (1996), Boddy
25 federal appellate · 10 district · 16 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. § 110 · 11 U.S.C. § 327 · 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants · Bauer v. Waldschmidt · Sierra Switchboard Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · Louisiana World Exposition, Inc. v. Federal Insurance · Bauer v. Commerce Union Bank
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The commencement of a cause under section 301, 302, or 303 of this title creates an estate. Such estate is comprised of all the following property, wherever located and by whomever held: (1) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)(2) of this section, all legal or equitable interests of the debtor in property as of the commencement of the case. He j¡c * jjc $ * (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an interest of the debtor in property becomes property of the estate under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(5) of this section notwithstanding ... applicable nonbankruptcy law— (A) that restricts or conditions transfer of such interest by the debtor. * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals (1) from final judgments, orders, and decrees; ❖ * # # * * (3) with leave of the court, from other interlocutory orders and decrees; of bankruptcy judges entered in cases and proceedings referred to the bankruptcy judges under section 157 of this title.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the bankruptcy court's order is interlocutory the general rule is that a court of appeals lacks jurisdiction unless the district court order in some sense `cures' the non-finality of the bankruptcy court order.”
2 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.