In Re Moffat’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently May 2015
5 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 522 · 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 11 U.S.C. § 548 · 11 U.S.C. § 727
Relies on In the Matter of Gerald Lewis Tarnow Appeal of Commodity Credit Corporation · In Re Michael E. Woodson, Debtor. Michael E. Woodson, Debtor-Appellant v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. Michael E. Woodson, Debtor-Appellee · Smiley v. First National Bank of Belleville · 32 Cal. 3d 755 - Martinez v. Traubner · Kenneth G. Wudrick, Bankrupt v. Richard R. Clements, Trustee, in the Matter of James E. Roon and Vivienne O. Roon, Bankrupts. Carlyle Michelman, Trustee v. James E. Roon and Vivienne O. Roon
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“debtors to purchase single premium deferred annuities to protect all or a substantial portion of their assets from liquidation ... would completely gut the rights of creditors in bankruptcy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“to support the debtor because his mortgage payments have gone up.... A debtor cannot make proceeds of an annuity policy”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]f debtor has excessively incumbered his residence with consensual liens, he may lose the residence, or he may use the $7,900.00 gross monthly income he and his wife have from their work and other sources to continue paying the higher monthly mortgage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Moffat v. Haberbush
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.