In Re Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1307 · 11 U.S.C. § 349
Relies on In Re Jonathan Barnes Leavitt, Debtor. Jonathan Barnes Leavitt v. Carlos Soto · Robert Casse Robert Casse v. Key Bank National Association · In Re Steeley · In Re Merrill · In Re McCoy
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unless the court, for cause, orders otherwise, the dismissal of a case under this title does not bar the discharge, in a later case under this title, of debts that were dischargeable in the case dismissed; nor does the dismissal of a case under this title prejudice the debtor with regard to the filing of a subsequent petition under this title.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Smith
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.