Lunan v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 726
Relies on Kowal v. Malkemus · Cult Awareness Network, Inc. v. Martino · In Re Troutman Enterprises, Inc. · In Re Gary Louis Gardner · Fidelity Bank National Ass'n v. M.M. Group, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the [D]ebtor cannot simply claim that there is a theoretical chance of a surplus in the estate, but must show that such surplus is a reasonable possibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Underwood
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.