In Re Daniels’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “[Prejudice may be established by showing harm 'to the litigating posture of parties in interest. If the parties would have taken different actions or asserted different positions had the exemption been claimed earlier, and the interests of those parties are detrimentally affected by the timing of the amendment, then the prejudice is sufficient to deny amendment. Moreover, an amendment is prejudicial if it impairs a trustee in the diligent administration of the estate.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Westry v. K. Jin Lim (In Re Westry) · Pope v. Clark (In Re Clark)

2. “Bankruptcy courts should disallow an amended claim of exemption where the purpose and/or the effect of the amendment is to allow the debtor to relitigate an exemption claim which has already been determined by the court.”

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