In Re Martin’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““Value, as of the effective date of the plan,” as used in paragraph (3) and in proposed 11 U.S.C. [§] ... 1325(a)(4) ... indicates that the promised payment under the plan must be discounted to present value as of the effective date of the plan. The discounting should be based only on the unpaid balance of the amount due under the plan, until that amount, including interest, is paid in full.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hardy v. Cinco Federal Credit Union

2. “Sft ifc 5}C S¡! jjC Sji (4) the value, as of the effective date of the plan, of property to be distributed under the plan on account of each allowed unsecured claim is not less than the amount that would be paid on such claim if the estate of the debtor were liquidated under chapter 7 of this title on such date____”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hardy v. Cinco Federal Credit Union

3. “the amount of money paid out in the chapter 13 plan must be adjusted so that its present value equals the value of an immediate Chapter 7 distribution”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Dorothy C. Hardy, Debtor. Dorothy C. Hardy v. Cinco Federal Credit Union