In Re Ocasio’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 7 district ·

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1. “Judicial discretion is necessarily broad— but it is not absolute. Abuse occurs when a material factor deserving significant weight is ignored, when an improper factor is relied upon, or when all proper and no improper factors are assessed, but the court makes a serious mistake in weighing them.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Heghmann v. Indorf (In Re Heghmann) · In Re Vazquez Laboy

2. “Varela also challenges the bankruptcy court’s award of actual damages, citing that portion of the transcript where the court stated: “The evidence of actual damages has been none at all. But in this case, the Court is going to estimate that the damages in this case should be no less than ... [one] thousand dollars ($1,000) and attorney’s fees_” While this statement might suggest an error in the award of actual damages, the record amply supports the award of actual damages because of the Debtor’s testimony that he was embarrassed and felt threatened, as well as his wife’s testimony that the Debtor was disturbed and had to seek medical treatment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Mocella

3. “ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Vazquez Laboy