Chicago v. Fulton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the “canon against surplusage . . . strong[ly]” disfavors “interpretation[s] [that] would render superfluous another part of the same statutory scheme” (citation omitted)
• finding no stay violation under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3) because mere retention of estate property does not constitute an act to exercise control
• rejecting “an interpretation [that] would render superfluous another part of the same statutory scheme” (citation omitted)
• “The canon against surplusage is strongest when an interpretation would render superfluous another part of the same statutory scheme.”
• the automatic stay 10 “benefits creditors as a group by preventing individual creditors from pursuing their own interests 11 to the detriment of the others”
• “The canon against surplusage is strongest when an interpretation would render superfluous another part of the same statutory scheme.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2023-12-19· cited 243×
• Pulsifer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2024-03-15· cited 1×
• American Warrior v. Foundation Energy
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-08-01· cited 1×
• Simon Quito-Guachichulca v. Merrick B. Garland
  Eighth Circuit· 2024-12-09· cited 1×
• In re: Lenore L. Albert-Sheridan
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-04-02
• In Re: Windstream Holdings, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2024-06-24
• United States v. Sharmake Abdullahi
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-07-21
• State of Iowa v. Chris Wright
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-09-05
• Ryan O'Donnell v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2025-12-22

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Grogan v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-15· cited 5,972×
• Nken v. Holder
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-22· cited 3,500×
• United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 1,643×
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court· 1906-02-19· cited 1,300×
• Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass.
  Supreme Court· 2007-02-21· cited 843×
• Citizens Bank of Md. v. Strumpf
  Supreme Court· 1995-10-31· cited 594×
• Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank
  Supreme Court· 2015-05-04· cited 476×
• In Re John Rothwell Knaus, Debtor. John Rothwell Knaus v. Concordia Lumber Company, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-11-13· cited 184×
• Thompson v. General Motors Acceptance Corp., LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-05-27· cited 70×
• Weber v. SEFCU (In Re Weber)
  Second Circuit· 2013-05-08· cited 32×
• City of Chicago v. Timothy Shannon
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-06-19· cited 28×
• WD Equipment, LLC v. Cowen
  Tenth Circuit· 2017-02-27· cited 26×
• Joy Denby-Peterson v.
  Third Circuit· 2019-10-28· cited 22×
• In Re Kuehn
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-04-16· cited 18×
• Fitzgerald v. United States Ex Rel. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Larimer)
  D. Idaho· 1983-02-22· cited 7×
• Reid v. Citadel Financial Credit Union (In Re Reid)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2010-01-13· cited 3×