In Re Leisure Dynamics’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently January 2010
3 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1107 · 11 U.S.C. § 327
Relies on Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · In Re Heatron, Inc. · Northwestern National Bank of St. Paul v. Halux, Inc. · Matter of E. Paul Kovacs and Co., Inc. · Official Creditors' Committee of the Wesco Products Co. Ex Rel. Wesco Products Co. v. Alloy Automotive Co. (In Re Wesco Products Co.)
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Notwithstanding section 327(a) of this title, a person is not disqualified for employment under section 327 of this title by a debtor in possession solely because of such person’s employment by or representation of the debtor before the commencement of the case, [emphasis added]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““A debtor in possession has fiduciary responsibilities imposed upon it in dealing with property of the estate. See Matter of Halux, Inc., 665 F.2d 213 (C.A.Minn.1981); In re E. Paul Kovacs and Co., Inc., 16 B.R. 203 (Bkrtcy.D.Conn.1981); and In re Wesco Products Co., 22 B.R. 107 , 9 B.C.D. 400 (Bkrtcy.N.D.Ill.1982). Congress wanted an attorney with independence to “assist ‘in carrying out’ duties under [The Bankruptcy Code]”. I agree.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(e) The trustee, with the court’s approval, may employ, for a specified special purpose, other than to represent the trustee in conducting the case, an attorney that has represented the debtor, if in the best interest of the estate, and if such attorney does not represent or hold any interest adverse to the debtor or to the estate with respect to the matter on which such attorney is to be employed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.