Hamilton v. Lanning’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedHamilton v. Lanning (from Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 2433a · 11 U.S.C. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 521 · 15 U.S.C. § 719C · 25 U.S.C. § 2009 · 26 U.S.C. § 279 · 28 U.S.C. § 586 (§ 224 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11))
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. · Kawaauhau v. Geiger · Lamie v. United States Trustee
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 143 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Had Congress intended for projected disposable income to be nothing more than a multiple of disposable income in all cases, we see no reason why Congress would not have required courts to determine that value as of the filing date of the plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marshall v. Blake“provide[d] that all of the debtor's projected disposable income to be received in the applicable commitment period ... will be applied to make payments to unsecured creditors under the plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marshall v. Blake“§ 1325(b)(1) directs courts to determine projected disposable income 'as of the effective date of the plan,' which is the date on which the plan is confirmed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marshall v. Blake
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.