In Re Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 707 · 28 U.S.C. § 157
Relies on In Re Charles Ellsworth Krohn AKA Charles E. Krohn, Appellant/debtor · Groves v. Ring Screw Works · In Re William M. Behlke · In Re Spagnolia
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. The debtor reduced his creditors to a single creditor in the months prior to filing the petition. 2. The debtor failed to’ make lifestyle adjustments or continued living an expansive or lavish lifestyle. 3. The debtor filed the case in response to a judgment pending litigation, or collection action; there is an intent to avoid a large single debt. 4. The debtor made no effort to repay his debts. 5. The unfairness of the use of Chapter 7. 6. The debtor has sufficient resources to pay his debts. 7. The debtor is paying debts to insiders. 8. The schedules inflate expenses to disguise financial well-being. 9. The debtor transferred assets. 10. The debtor is over-utilizing the protection of the Code to the unconscionable detriment of creditors. 11. The debtor employed a deliberate and persistent pattern of evading a single major creditor. 12. The debtor failed to make candid and full disclosure. 13. The debts are modest in relation to assets and income. 14. There are multiple bankruptcy filings or other procedural “gymnastics.”,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re McVicker
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.