Christopher Ettell Christopher Ettel’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably McClellan v. Cantrell (2000), Constance Mercer At&t Universal Card Services v. Constance P Mercer (2001)
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Grogan v. Garner · Texas v. New Mexico · Anastas v. American Savings Bank · Eashai Citibank Na v. I Eashai
Most-quoted passages
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“Because fraud lurks in the shadows, it must usually be brought to light by consideration of circumstantial evidence.”). Thus, every plaintiff could claim that he did not”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the length of time between the charges and the bankruptcy filing; (2) whether or not an attorney had been consulted concerning the filing of bankruptcy before the charges were made; (3) the number of charges made; (4) the amount of the charges; (5) the financial condition of the debtor at the time the charges were made; (6) whether the charges were above the credit limit of the account; (7) whether the debtor made multiple charges on the same day; (8) whether or not the debtor was employed; (9) the debtor's prospects for employment; (10) the financial sophistication of the debtor; (11) whether there was a sudden change in the debtor's buying habits; and (12) whether the purchases made were luxuries or necessities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“This is entirely consistent with a “totality of the circumstances” approach, in that it requires that intent be ascertained through an analysis of all of the surrounding circumstances, rather than just one factor. Read together, our decisions in [In re] Eashai[, 87 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir.1996)], [In re] Anastas[, 94 F.3d 1280 (9th Cir.1996)], and [In re] Hashemi[, 104 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir.1996)] simply mean that the debtor’s subjective intent must be evaluated in light of objective factors. Because no single objective factor is dispositive, assessment of intent is thus left to the fact-finder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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