In Re Thomas R. Beaty’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably Sasson Sasson v. F Md, 546 F. Supp. 2d 1029 - Adidas-America, Inc. v. Payless Shoesource, Inc. (2008)
6 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance · Fogerty Fantasy Inc · Burnett v. New York Central Railroad · Costello v. United States · Katchen v. Landy
Most-quoted passages
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a bankruptcy court is a court of equity and should invoke equitable principles and doctrines, refusing to do so only where their application would be `inconsistent' with the Bankruptcy Code.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“requires proof of (1) lack of diligence by the party against whom the defense is asserted, and (2) prejudice to the party asserting the defense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“failure to act more promptly is questionable, [the court was] not at liberty to rewrite the plain language of the Code or the Rules.... A laches defense to the filing of a § 523(a)(3)(B) complaint is in conflict with Rule 4007(b) and therefore is inappropriate.... The Rules also provide a debtor with a way to escape the apparent § 523(a) dilemma of having to face a nondischargeability action years after a discharge has been granted. Rule 4007(a) allows a debtor to bring an action to determine the dischargeability of a debt. Here, [the debtor] could have brought an action to determine the dischargeability of the Default Judgment and averted the years of delay that arguably prejudiced him. Because [the debtor] did not utilize this option, he cannot now complain that he has been unjustly treated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Dixon
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.