In Re Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “$ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ (B) may be less than 3 or 5 years, whichever is applicable under subpara-graph (A), but only if the plan provides for payment in full of all allowed unsecured claims over a shorter period.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re McGillis · In Re Green

2. “The terms “commitment” and “period” are ... terms that by their ordinary, everyday meaning contemplate or suggest action by the debtor over a period of time. They connote an obligation to do something over a period of time. They do not on their face connote a formula to arrive at a value or an amount, at least not in their ordinary everyday meaning.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Grant