7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 74 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Local Loan Co. v. Hunt.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Local Loan Co. v. Hunt Anchor | green | “courts of bankruptcy are essentially courts of equity, and their proceedings inherently proceedings in equity.” | 24 |
| 2 | Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. | green | “congress says in a statute what it means and means in a statute what it says there.” | 16 |
| 3 | United States v. Energy Resources Co. | green | “bankruptcy courts, as courts of equity, have broad authority to modify creditor-debtor relationships.” | 10 |
| 4 | Young v. United States | green | “apply the principles and rules of equity jurisprudence.” | 9 |
| 5 | United States v. Energy Resources Co. | green | “consistent with the traditional understanding that bankruptcy courts, as courts of equity, have broad authority to modify creditor-debtor relationships.” | 6 |
| 6 | United States v. Energy Resources Co. | green | “as courts of equity, have broad authority to modify creditor-debtor relationships.” | 5 |
| 7 | Young v. United States | green | “bankruptcy courts ... are courts of equity and 'apply the principles and rules of equity jurisprudence.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.