Hernandez v. Brakegate, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
942 F.2d 1223 · 1991
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2019 · most notably Things Remembered, Inc. v. Petrarca (1995), Amoco Petroleum Additives Company Ag Jackson (1992)
14 federal appellate · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 28 U.S.C. § 1452
Relies on Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · Pacor Inc. v. Higgins · Gravitt v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. · United States v. Rice
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.
“the distinction between law and equity was abolished long ago in federal cases. Nothing in the history of the bankruptcy code suggests that Congress wanted to resuscitate it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f the district court gives a reason authorized by statute, courts of appeals may not inquire whether the court erred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he court to which such claim or cause of action is removed may remand such claim or cause of action on any equitable ground.”
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.