Woolum v. Woolum’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Cohn Insurance Company of North America v. Cohn (1995), Equitable Bank v. Miller (1994)
1 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Martin v. Bank of Germantown · New York Mercantile Exchange v. Leist · Northern Trust Co. v. Garman · Phillips Coman v. H Phillips · Jordan v. Southeast National Bank
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cannot be said to be a rigorous requirement.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]hether a creditor's reliance was reasonable is a factual determination to be made in light of the totality of the circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“On review of a determination of the bankruptcy court, the district court cannot disturb or set aside findings of fact unless they are clearly erroneous. However, the district court is free to make an independent examination of any question of law or mixed questions of law and fact. The party seeking review of the bankruptcy court’s determination bears the burden of proof. (Citations omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.