In Re Beaver’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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

1. “a fundamental fairness in dealing with one's creditors.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Family Insurance Group v. Barker (In Re Barker) · Yorkville National Bank v. Bassak

2. “. “Thus, the standard in like instances under former practice was not reduced to a simple or mechanical formula. It allowed a broad inquiry into the facts of the case and demanded both a flexible and sensitive approach to protecting the interests at stake and the larger goals of the statute. This view also conforms with well settled principles of statutory construction. In this we must always be mindful that the interpretation of a statute should not hinge on an isolated clause or phrase in a particular section, but should consider the whole statute as well as the objects and policy behind its enactment. Kokoszka v. Belford, 417 U.S. 642, 650 , 94 S.Ct. 2431 , [2436,] 41 L.Ed.2d 374 (1973).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Anderson

3. ““As in current law 100 percent payment plans will be encouraged by the limitation on availability of a subsequent discharge in section 727(a)(8). This kind of plan has provided great self-satisfaction and pride to those debtors who complete them and at the same time effect a maximum return to creditors ... It is also necessary to prevent Chapter 13 plans from turning into mere offers of composition plans under which payments will equal only the non-exempt assets of the debtor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Family Insurance Group v. Barker (In Re Barker)