Mitchell v. McClure’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 6 district ·

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

1. ““Sec. 23. (a) Tlie United States circuit courts shall have jurisdiction oí all controversies at law and in equity, as distinguished from proceedings in bankruptcy, between trustees as such and adverse claimants concerning the property acquired or claimed by the trustees, in the same manner and to the same extent only as though bankruptcy proceedings had not been instituted and such controversies had been between the bankrupts and such adverse claimants. (b) Suits by the trastee shall only be brought or prosecuted in the courts where the bankrupt, whose estate is being administered by such trustee, might have brought or prosecuted them if proceedings in bankruptcy had not been instituted, unless by consent of the proposed defendant, (c) The United States circuit courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of bankruptcy, within their respective territorial limits, of the offenses enumerated in this act.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Louisville Trust Co. v. Marx

2. ““The district courts of the United States are hereby made courts of bankruptcy, and are hereby invested within their respective territorial limits with such jurisdiction at law and in equity as will enable them to exercise original jurisdiction in bankruptcy proceedings * * * to cause the estates of bank rupts to be collected, reduced to money and distributed, and determine controversies in relation thereto, except as herein, otherwise provided.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Woodbury

3. ““Paid circuit courts shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts of the same district of all suits at law or in equity which may or shall he brought, by the assignee in bankruptcy against any person claiming an adverse interest or by such person against such assignee, touching any property or rights of property of said bankrupt, or vested in such assignee.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Woodbury