In re Shepherd’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 109 · 11 U.S.C. § 1328 · 11 U.S.C. § 1329 · 11 U.S.C. § 524 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Local Loan Co. v. Hunt · Briscoe v. Bank of New York (In Re Briscoe) · Jendusa-Nicolai v. Larsen · Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Fitzgerald
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If [an] ... individual’s debt adjustment case is pending under ... chapter 13 [when a debtor dies], the case may be dismissed; or if further administration is possible and in the best interest of the parties, the case may proceed and be concluded in the same manner, so far as possible, as though the death or incompetency had not occurred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Inyard
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.