Supreme Court· 2/18/1878
Neal v. Clark
Citations
- 95 U.S. 704
- 24 L. Ed. 586
- 1877 U.S. LEXIS 2225
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- holding that debt created through receipt of a fraudulent conveyance must be actual fraud, not merely constructive fraud, to bar from discharge in bankruptcy
- noting that “fraud” under a predecessor to § 523(a)(4) required actual, intentional fraud “as does embezzlement”
- noting that \fraud\ under a predecessor to § 523(a)(4) required actual, intentional fraud \as does embezzlement\
- emphasizing that Congress’s “object and intention ... in enacting” bankruptcy laws was to relieve “honest citizen[s] ... from the burden of hopeless insolvency” (emphasis added)
- noting that, under third section of the bankrupt law of 1867, embezzlement involved moral turpitude or intentional wrong
- confirming that the “meaning of a word” must be “ascertained by reference” to “the context” surrounding it
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Judges: Harlan
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- Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co.Supreme Court· 1961-06-12· cited 518×
- Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A.Supreme Court· 2013-05-13· cited 459×
- Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. RitzSupreme Court· 2016-05-16· cited 421×
- In Re Ira Laurence Hunter, Debtor. Edwin Schweig v. Ira Laurence HunterEleventh Circuit· 1986-01-30· cited 373×
- Stellwagen v. ClumSupreme Court· 1918-02-04· cited 330×
- Harold W. McClellan v. Bobbie Darrell CantrellSeventh Circuit· 2000-07-05· cited 304×
- RecoverEdge L.P. v. PentecostFifth Circuit· 1995-02-17· cited 276×
- In Re Gerald JOHNSON, Bankrupt, CARLISLE CASHWAY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald JOHNSON, Defendant-AppelleeSixth Circuit· 1982-10-20· cited 244×
- In the Matter of John E. Mayer and Deborah Mayer, Debtors-Appellants v. Spanel International Ltd. And Bank One-Rockford, N.A., Creditors-AppelleesSeventh Circuit· 1995-04-24· cited 198×
- Strang v. BradnerSupreme Court· 1885-05-04· cited 126×
- In Re: Craig Piazza, Craig Piazza v. Nueterra Healthcare Physical Therapy, LLCEleventh Circuit· 2013-06-26· cited 115×
- Thorp Credit & Thrift Co. v. Pommerer (In Re Pommerer)D. Minnesota· 1981-05-07· cited 115×
- Atlantic City Electric Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionD.C. Circuit· 2002-07-12· cited 108×
- Leeb v. Guy (In Re Guy)N.D. Indiana· 1988-04-28· cited 105×
- National Bank of North America v. Newmark (In Re Newmark)E.D. New York· 1982-06-01· cited 103×
- Heinold Commodities & Securities, Inc. v. Hunt (In Re Hunt)M.D. Tennessee· 1983-05-09· cited 92×
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