Statute treatment: 11 U.S.C.A. § 501

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 677 citation events across 622 distinct cases.

677citations total

622distinct interpreting cases

76distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1938–2010year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Guiseppi v. Walling (1944) ca2 233 own cites 2× in case

#2 Tozer v. Charles A. Krause Milling Co. (1951) ca3 425 own cites 1× in case

#3 Austrian v. Williams (1952) ca2 51 own cites 2× in case

#4 cluster 346733 (1977) ca9 255 own cites 1× in case

#5 Barr & Creelman Mill & Plumbing Supply Co. v. Zoller (1940) ca2 39 own cites 2× in case

#6 In Re J. P. Linahan, Inc. (1943) ca2 178 own cites 1× in case

#7 Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Kaplan in Re Waltham Watch Co (1951) ca1 38 own cites 2× in case

#8 Sherr v. Winkler (1977) ca10 12 own cites 4× in case

#9 In Re Los Angeles Land and Investments, Ltd. (1968) hid 36 own cites 2× in case

#10 In Re Blue Diamond Coal Co. (1992) tneb 18 own cites 3× in case

#11 Sherr v. Winkler (1977) ca10 69 own cites 4× in case

#12 In Re Public Ledger, Inc. (1947) ca3 154 own cites 1× in case

#13 Picard v. United Aircraft Corporation (1942) ca2 135 own cites 1× in case

#14 National Labor Relations Board v. Killoren (1941) ca8 31 own cites 2× in case

#15 Clarke v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New York (1943) ca2 27 own cites 2× in case

#16 In Re Pure Penn Petroleum Co., Inc. In Re Sheehan (1951) ca2 26 own cites 2× in case

#17 Sims v. Fidelity Assur. Ass'n (1942) ca4 24 own cites 2× in case

#18 In Re Inland Gas Corporation, Debtor. In Re Kentucky Fuel Gas Corporation, Debtor. In Re American Fuel & Power Company, Debtor (1957) ca6 24 own cites 2× in case

#19 In Re Monongahela Rye Liquors, Inc. (1944) ca3 93 own cites 1× in case

#20 Schwartz v. Mills (1951) ca2 23 own cites 2× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.