In re Goines’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1302 · 11 U.S.C. § 1306 · 11 U.S.C. § 327 · 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 11 U.S.C. § 704
Relies on Maritime Electric Co. v. United Jersey Bank · Crosby v. Monroe County · Bruce K. Cable, As in Possession v. Ivy Tech State College · Olick v. Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co. · Travelers Indemnity Co. of Illinois v. Griner (In Re Griner)
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trustee, with the court's approval, may employ, for a specified special purpose, other than to represent the trustee in conducting the case, an attorney that has represented the debtor, if in the best interest of the estate, and if such attorney does not represent or hold any interest adverse to the debtor or to the estate with respect to the matter on which such attorney is to be employed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re Scott · In re Blume
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.