In Re Epstein’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently March 2002 · most notably In Re Chapel Gate Apartments, Ltd. (1986), In Re Rhoten (1984)
1 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. § 104 · 11 U.S.C. § 503 · 11 U.S.C. § 507
Relies on Conrad v. Pender · Matter of Hamilton Hardware Co., Inc. · Grove v. Fulwiler · Bankr L Rep P 68506 in the Matter of Gregory Bynner Jones Sr · Lewis v. Fitzgerald
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Paying from the estate the attorneys fees of a dishonest debtor, or one whose honesty is legitimately open to question unnecessarily favors the fresh start over the distribution to creditors. Every dollar paid administratively is a dollar less paid to the general creditors. The creditors are already financing the debtor’s fresh start through their loss; it hardly seems equitable for them to finance the debtor’s attempt to prove he is worthy of discharge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The legislative history is essentially silent as to any Congressional intent to effect a change in the law, noting only that Code § 503 is derived mainly from Act § 64(a)(1), with some case law incorporated, [citation omitted] and that 'Notions of the economy of the estate in fixing fees are outdated and have no place in bankruptcy code [sic]’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“... (1) the costs and expenses of administration, including the actual and necessary costs and expenses of preserving the estate subsequent to filing the petition; ... and one attorney’s fee, for the professional services actually rendered, irrespective of the number of attorneys employed, to the bankrupt....”
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.