Libby v. Hopkins

How courts have described this case

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

• funds held in trust for a particular purpose may not be set off against creditor's claims
• funds held in trust for a particular purpose may not be set off against creditor’s claims
• creditor had duty to either accept or return payment offered by debtor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cumberland Glass Manufacturing Co. v. De Witt & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1915-05-10· cited 205×
• In re Interborough Consol. Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1923-01-16· cited 107×
• Dakin v. Bayly
  Supreme Court· 1933-11-20· cited 61×
• Fore Improvement Corporation, .Appellant v. George R. Selig, Trustee-Appellee. In the Matter of Tru-Seal Aluminum Products Corp., Bankrupt
  Second Circuit· 1960-05-03· cited 45×
• Garrison v. Edward Brown & Sons
  California Supreme Court· 1944-12-26· cited 45×
• In Re Drexel Burnham Lambert Group Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1990-05-03· cited 41×
• United States v. Roth
  Second Circuit· 1948-01-23· cited 38×
• Biggs v. Stovin (In Re Luz International, Ltd.)
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-02-25· cited 38×
• Hoffman Chevrolet, Inc. v. Washington County National Savings Bank
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-11-23· cited 38×
• Northwest Lumber Co. v. Scandinavian American Bank
  Washington Supreme Court· 1924-05-19· cited 35×
• Binnick v. Avco Financial Services of Nebraska, Inc.
  D. Nebraska· 1977-08-18· cited 29×
• In The Matter Of Bevill, Bresler & Schulman Asset Management Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1990-02-22· cited 28×
• Irving Trust Co. v. Frimitt
  S.D. New York· 1932-08-25· cited 28×
• Philadelphia Nat. Bank v. Dowd
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern North Carolina· 1889-02-16· cited 27×
• Wolf v. Aero Factors Corporation
  S.D. New York· 1954-07-13· cited 26×
• Robertson v. Malone, Insurance Commissioner
  Fifth Circuit· 1951-06-26· cited 25×
• Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. v. Leisk
  Fifth Circuit· 1943-01-04· cited 23×
• Avant v. United States
  E.D. Virginia· 1958-09-25· cited 23×
• People v. St. Nicholas Bank
  New York Supreme Court· 1894-04-13· cited 21×
• Hopkins v. D.L. Evans Bank (In Re Fox Bean Co.)
  D. Idaho· 2002-12-26· cited 20×