Ekenasi v. A’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
4 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. · Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. (In Re Brunner) · Hornsby · In Re Christopher Banks · Kurt Carl Kielisch
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) that [she] cannot maintain a minimal standard of living for [her]self and [her] dependent[ ], based upon [her] current income and expenses, if [she] is required to repay the student loans; (2) that additional circumstances indicate that [her] inability to so do is likely to exist for a significant portion of the repayment period of the student loans; and (3) that [she] has made good faith efforts to repay the loans.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) that the debtor cannot maintain, based on current income and expenses, a “minimal” standard of living for [himself] and [his] dependents if forced to repay the loans; (2) that additional circumstances exist indicating that this state of affairs is likely to persist for a significant portion of the repayment period of the student loans; and (3) that the debtor has made good faith efforts to repay the loans.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A discharge under section 727 . . . of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt * * * * (8) for an educational . . . loan made, insured or guaranteed by a governmental unit . . ., unless excepting such debt from discharge under this paragraph will impose an undue hardship on the debtor and the debtor's dependents . . .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.