Rafoth v. National Union Fire Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
954 F.2d 1169 · 1992
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably In Re City of Memphis (2002), Grabill Corporation Ncnb National Bank of North Carolina
18 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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
Relies on Granfinanciera, S.A. v. Nordberg · 111 S. Ct. 425 - Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania v. Ben Cooper, Inc. · Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania v. Ben Cooper, Inc. · Brainard v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When a district judge, in making in a civil action an order not otherwise ap-pealable under this section, shall be of the opinion that such order involves a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion and that an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation, he shall so state in writing in such order. The Court of Appeals which would have jurisdiction of an appeal of such action may thereupon, in its discretion, permit an appeal to be taken from such order ...””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress had no specific intent to vest bankruptcy judges with the authority to conduct jury trials. Until Granfinanciera, it was possible for Congress to presume that jury trial rights would not extend to core proceedings. As such, no authority to conduct jury trials needed to be granted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Congress] intended to create a specialized court to handle bankruptcy matters in an expedited and efficient manner. The system is not set up to handle lengthy jury trials. To introduce this method of litigation into the system would be at the expense of all other matters handled by the bankruptcy courts. This Court does not believe such a result was intended by Congress....”
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.