preferential transfer
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 229 U.S. 435 - Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co. · 1913Most cited · 293 citing opinions
bankruptcy
To constitute a preferential transfer within the meaning of the bankruptcy act there must be a parting with the bankrupt's property for the benefit of the creditor, and a consequent diminution of the bankrupt's estate.
How often courts cite the case defining “preferential transfer”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “preferential transfer” — 290 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.