In Re Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently April 2009 · most notably Zolg v. Kelly (1988), Green v. Staples (1991)
4 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 727
Relies on Local Loan Co. v. Hunt · In the Matters of Lee Roy Murchison and John Whites · Withrow v. Larkin · Eisenstadt v. Baird · Everson v. Board of Education
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) After notice and a hearing, the court, on its own motion and not at the request or suggestion of any party in interest, may dismiss a case filed by an individual debtor under this chapter ... whose debts are primarily consumer debts if it finds that the granting of relief would be a substantial abuse of the provisions of this chapter ... There shall be a presumption in favor of granting the relief requested by the debtor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re Walton · In Re Hudson“Although Code § 707(b) may have the effect of relegating a debtor to Chapter 13 if he wants any bankruptcy relief, any decision to utilize Chapter 13 remains that of the debtor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“To make excessive or improper use of a thing, or to employ it in a manner contrary to the natural or legal rules for its use; to make an extravagant or excessive use, as to abuse one’s authority. Black’s Law Dictionary (1968).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Peluso
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.