Smith v. Jordan’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.3d 430 · 2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently July 2021
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 727
Relies on In Re Christopher Banks · Solomon v. Barman (In Re Barman) · Hunter v. Magack (In Re Magack) · Hays v. Cummins (In Re Cummins) · Miller v. Kasden (In Re Kasden)
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the term in section 727(a)(6)(A) is 'refused' not 'failed.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“• You shall not sell, transfer, remove, destroy, mutilate or conceal any of your property, and you shall make all or any part thereof available to the Trustee, when requested to do so. • You shall not turn over any of your property to any creditor or party in interest without the bankruptcy Trustee’s knowledge and consent, unless so ordered by the United States Bankruptcy Court. • You shall cooperate with the Trustee as is necessary to enable the Trustee to perform the Trustee’s duties as required by law. • You shall obey all orders of the United States Bankruptcy Court and your responsibility for doing so does not cease even after a discharge is granted. The discharge does not conclude your bankruptcy ease. A discharge may be revoked, for cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The party objecting to discharge under this provision must demonstrate that “the debtor received the order in question and failed to comply with its terms.” The debtor then bears the burden of explaining his non-compliance. Ultimately, the court may not deny discharge under § 727(a)(6)(A) unless it finds that the debtor’s noncompliance was willful.”
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.