City of New York v. Exxon Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
932 F.2d 1020 · 1991
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 116 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably Juniper Development Group v. Kahn (1993), Citigroup Inc. v. City Holding Co. (2000)
12 federal appellate · 9 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. § 362 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 157 · 33 U.S.C. § 1321 · 42 U.S.C. § 6901 (Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992) · 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9607 (§ 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
Relies on Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Wetzel · William Gluckin & Co. v. International Playtex Corp. · United States v. Nicolet, Inc. · United States v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)
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 116 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(4) under subsection (a)(1) of this section, of the commencement or continuation of an action or proceeding by a governmental unit to enforce such governmental unit’s police or regulatory power....”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Paragraph (4) excepts commencement or continuation of actions and proceedings by governmental units to enforce police or regulatory powers. Thus, where a government unit is suing a debtor to prevent or stop violation of fraud, environmental protection, consumer protection, safety or similar police and regulatory laws, or attempting to fix damages for violation of such law, the action or proceeding is not stayed under the automatic stay.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The district court may withdraw, in whole or in part, any case or proceeding referred under this section, on its own motion or on timely motion of any party, for cause shown. The district court shall, on timely motion of a party, so withdraw a proceeding if the court determines that resolution of the proceeding requires consideration of both title 11 and other laws of the United States regulating organizations or activities affecting interstate commerce.””
4 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.