In the Matter of Henri J Bianucci and Barbara J Bianuccis’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Menk v. Lapaglia (In Re Menk) (1999), In Re Thomas R. Beaty (2002)
3 district · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on Dewsnup v. Timm · Marino v. United States · Commonwealth National Bank v. Ashe · Hawkins v. Landmark Finance Co. · In the Matter of Gladys E. Shondel, Debtor-Appellant
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A case may be reopened in the court in which such case was closed to administer assets, to accord relief to the debtor, or for other cause.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(f)(1) Notwithstanding any waiver of exemptions ..., the debtor may avoid the fixing of a lien on an interest of the debtor in property to the extent that such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled under subsection (b) of this section, if such lien is— (A) a judicial lien....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Levy · In Re Elmes“leading approach... incorporates an equitable defense akin to laches, so that a debtor may reopen the bankruptcy case at any time to avoid a lien absent a finding of prejudice to the creditor”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.