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ratable distribution

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 314 U.S. 314 - American Surety Co of New York v. Bethlehem Nat Bank of Bethlehem Pa · 1941Most cited · 312 citing opinions

national bank insolvency

The distribution is to be 'ratable' on the claims as proved or adjudicated; that is, on one rule of proportion applicable to all alike. In order to be 'ratable,' the claims must manifestly be estimated as of the same point of time, and that date has been adjudged to be the date of the declaration of insolvency.

How often courts cite the case defining “ratable distribution”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “ratable distribution” — 309 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.