In Re Sparks’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 722 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 157
Relies on Associates Commercial Corp. v. Rash · Till v. SCS Credit Corp. · In re Szostek · In Re Johnson · In Re Ezell
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a)(1) An allowed claim of a creditor secured by a lien on property in which the estate has an interest .... is a secured claim to the extent of the value of such creditor’s interest in the estate’s interest in such property .... and is an unsecured claim to the extent that the value of such creditors’ interest .... is less than the amount of such allowed claim. Such value shall be determined in light of the purpose of the valuation and of the proposed disposition or use of such property, and in conjunction with any hearing on such disposition or use or on a plan affecting such creditor’s interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Moon“For purposes of paragraph (5), section 506 shall not apply to a claim described in that paragraph if the creditor has a purchase money security interest securing the debt that is the subject of the claim, the debt was incurred within the 910-day (sic) preceding the date of the filing of the petition, and the collateral for that debt consists of a motor vehicle (as defined in section 30102 of title 49) acquired for the personal use of the debtor....”
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.