Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass.’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
114 federal appellate · 86 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,246 later decisions (15 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Schwab v. Reilly (2010), 134 S. Ct. 1188 - Law v. Siegel (2014)
114 federal appellate · 86 district · 4 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedMarrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts (from First Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 105 · 11 U.S.C. § 109 · 11 U.S.C. § 1307 · 11 U.S.C. § 1321 · 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 341 · 11 U.S.C. § 521 · 11 U.S.C. § 522
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers · Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co.
Cited together with Grogan v. Garner · Local Loan Co. v. Hunt · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Lamie v. United States Trustee · Chambers v. Nasco, 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 1,246 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court may issue any order, process, or judgment that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this title. No provision of this title providing for the raising of an issue by a party in interest shall be construed to preclude the court from, sua sponte, taking any action or making any determination necessary or appropriate to enforce or implement court orders or rules, or to prevent an abuse of process.”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jacobsen v. Moser · Law v. Siegel“(a) The debtor may convert a case under this chapter to a case under chapter 11, 12, or 13 of this title at any time, if the case has not been converted under section 1112, 1208, or 1307 of this title. Any waiver of the right to convert a case under this subsection is unenforceable. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a case may not be converted to a case under another chapter of this title unless the debtor may be a debtor under such chapter.”
23 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Hunter · In Re Williams“Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, on request of a party in interest or the United States trustee and after notice and a hearing, the court may convert a case under this chapter to a case under chapter 7 of this title, or may dismiss a case under this chapter, whichever is in the best interests of creditors and the estate, for cause....”
19 later decisions 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.