Goodwin v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
935 F.2d 1061 · 1991
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently November 2014 · most notably Hughes, Hughes v. United States (1992)
22 federal appellate · 3 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. § 363 · 26 U.S.C. § 6335 · 26 U.S.C. § 6338 · 26 U.S.C. § 7430 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2410
Relies on United States v. Locke · In re Disbarment of Johnson · Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · Kruso v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. · Onouli-Kona Land Co. v. Estate of Richards
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 6335. Sale of seized property. (a) Notice of seizure. — As soon as practicable after seizure of property, notice in writing shall be given by the Secretary to the owner of the property, ... or shall be left at his usual place of abode or business if he has such within the internal revenue district where the seizure is made. If the owner cannot be readily located, or has no dwelling or place of business within such district, the notice may be mailed to his last known address.... (b) Notice of sale. — The Secretary shall as soon as practicable after the seizure of the property give notice to the owner, in the manner prescribed in subsection (a)....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“and when no bidders appeared at the sale, the property was sold to the government for the minimum bid. 14 When the government sought to resell the property, the property owner sued to enjoin the sale. The government argued that because the property owner had received actual notice of the seizure and sale of his property, he had suffered no prejudice and could not object to what was at most”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Goodwin's failure to attempt to preserve the status quo pending appeal has forestalled our ability to grant relief on his request that the district court enjoin the government from selling the ... property.”
1 later decision 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.