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← 113 B.R. 769 - In Re Bachmann

In Re Bachmann’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

40
cited by 40 later decisions
2
states following
January 2014
most recently cited

2 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently January 2014 · most notably In Re Farness (2000), In Re Herrera (1996)

2 state decisions

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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. § 329

Relies on 140 So. 2d 587 - State Ex Rel. Florida Bar v. Sperry · Florida Bar v. Brumbaugh · Matter of Arthur · In Re Anderson · Mercer v. Wainwright

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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. ““Typing services” ... may type bankruptcy forms for their clients, provided they only copy the written information furnished by his clients. They may not advise clients as to the various remedies and procedures available in the Bankruptcy system... .typing services may not make inquiries nor answer questions as to the completion of particular bankruptcy forms or schedules nor advise how to best fill out bankruptcy forms or complete schedules. They may legally sell bankruptcy forms and any printed material purporting to explain bankruptcy practice and procedure to the public. Under no circumstances may they engage in personal legal assistance in conjunction with typing service business activities, including the correction of errors and omissions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “the Court must balance [the preparer’s] rights against the public policy of protecting the public from being advised and represented in legal matters by unqualified persons over whom the judicial department can exercise little, if any, control in the matter of infractions of the Code of conduct which, in the public interest, lawyers are bound to observe.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.