Ellett v. Stanislaus’s Empirical Analysis
506 F.3d 774 · 2007
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1328 · 11 U.S.C. § 341 · 11 U.S.C. § 521 · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · Lawrence Tractor Co. v. Gregory · Lompa v. Price · Manufacturers Hanover v. Dewalt · Zidell Inc. v. Forsch
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'seeks to free itself of an obligation by means of a federal court judgment' ... it is not unreasonable to place the burden on the debtors to ensure that their creditors received proper notice of their bankruptcy filing”
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.