In Re Schuler’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 302 · 11 U.S.C. § 341 · 11 U.S.C. § 522
Relies on Matter of Upright · Leech v. Nichols (In Re Nichols) · Krupp, Meyers & Hoffman v. Doyle (In Re Laird) · Boozer v. Kennesaw Finance Co. (In Re Boozer) · In Re Ancira
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under the scheme laid out by the federal bankruptcy exemptions, it is possible for the debtor to retain (‘Exempt’) a larger amount of property than was possible under the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 . . . even income tax refunds, wage withhold-ings, and other cash or cash like assets may be exempted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Matter of Wahl““In the absence of a clear indication from the Congress as to the limits on these benefits, I do not believe the courts can restrict exemptions, as requested by the trustee, on the basis of their own concepts of fairness and propriety.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Matter of Wahl““... where the words (of the exemption statute) are clear and unequivocal the courts should not engraft limitations unexpressed by Congress ...””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Matter of Wahl
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.