In Re Barraza’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 707
Relies on United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Russello v. United States · United States v. Kras · Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth · KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“... The means test does not distinguish those who have tried hard from those who have hardly tried. It is a blind legislative formula that attempts to direct debtors to a chapter that provides for at least some measure of repayment to unsecured creditors over a period of years. Like any other effort at social or economic legislation, it is not perfect. Consequently, the fact that the debtor can hypothesize examples in which the means test operates unfairly does not, by itself, serve as a basis for the court to refuse to apply it here.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Armstrong · In Re Sawdy
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