Huckfeldt v. Huckfeldt’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 98 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Danny Padilla William Neary v. Danny Padilla (2000), Tamecki v. Frank (2000)
9 federal appellate · 4 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. § 102 · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 11 U.S.C. § 707
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · Local Loan Co. v. Hunt · State v. Simpson · Pfeiffer Company Inc v. Ford
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 98 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The court may dismiss a case under this chapter only after notice and a hearing and only for cause, including— (1) unreasonable delay by the debtor that is prejudicial to creditors; (2) nonpayment of any fees or charges required under chapter 123 of title 28; and (3) failure of the debtor in a voluntary case to file, within fifteen days or such additional time as the court may allow after the filing of the petition commencing such case, the information required by paragraph (1) of section 521, but only on a motion by the United States trustee.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[S]ome conduct constituting cause to dismiss a Chapter 7 petition may readily be characterized as bad faith. But framing the issue in terms of bad faith may tend to misdirect the inquiry away from the fundamental principles and purposes of Chapter 7. Thus, we think the § 707(a) analysis is better conducted under the statutory standard, ‘for cause.’ ””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Linehan · In Re Horan“extreme misconduct falling outside the purview of more specific Code provisions, such as using bankruptcy as a 'scorched earth' tactic against a diligent creditor, or using bankruptcy as a refuge from another court's jurisdiction.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Cook · McDow v. Smith
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.