In Re Grynberg’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a creditor, an indenture trustee, an equity security holder, or a committee representing creditors or equity security holders other than a committee appointed under Section 1102 of this title, in making a substantial contribution in a case under Chapter 9 or 11 of this title....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re George Worthington Co. · In re George Worthington Co.

2. “[I]t is clear Congress has left to the discretion of the Court, on a case by case basis, to determine whether an individual creditor is entitled to compensation on the basis of that creditor’s own role in the case ... suffice that § 503(b)(3)(D) compensation is grounded upon the limitation that the expenses be ‘actual’ and 'necessary,' and leave each application to be determined upon its own merits. Hence, there will always remain in each case questions of whether the services of any applicant creditor have been ‘substantial’ and whether the expenses incurred in that service have been ‘actual’ and ‘necessary.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re 9085 E. Mineral Office Building, Ltd.

3. “The judge may allow reasonable ... reimbursement for proper costs and expenses incurred by creditors ... in connection with the submission by them of suggestions for a plan or of proposals in the form of plans, or in connection with objections by them to the confirmation of a plan, or in connection with the administration of the estate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Doug Allen Pontiac Porsche-Audi