In Re Howell’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably Lee v. Schweiker (1984), Stuart v. Koch (1997)
3 federal appellate · 3 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. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 105 · 11 U.S.C. § 106 · 11 U.S.C. § 109 · 11 U.S.C. § 1306 · 11 U.S.C. § 1322 · 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 362
Relies on Segal v. Rochelle · McDaniel Nat. Bank v. Bridwell · 165 F. Supp. 802 - Avant v. United States · In re Michaelis · United States v. Krakover
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) except as otherwise provided in this section and in sections 362 and 363 of this title, this title does not affect any right of a creditor to offset a mutual debt owing by such creditor to the debtor that arose before the commencement of the case under this title against a claim of such creditor against the debtor that arose before the commencement of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Thus, individuals on welfare, social security, fixed pension incomes, or who live on investment incomes, will be able to work out repayment plans with their creditors rather than being forced into straight bankruptcy.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Bradley · In Re Devall“(b) After confirmation of a plan, the court may order any entity from whom the debtor receives income to pay all or any part of such income to the trustee.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Devall · Regan v. Ross
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.