Wirum v. Warren’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 district ·

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) The debtor shall— (1) file— (A) a list of creditors; and (B) unless the court orders otherwise— (i) a schedule of assets and liabilities; (ii) a schedule of current income and current expenditures; (iii) a statement of the debtor’s financial affairs and, if section 342(b) applies, a certificate ... of the debt- or that such notice was received and read by the debtor; (iv) copies of all payment advices or other evidence of payment received within 60 days before the date of the filing of the petition, by the debtor from any employer of the debtor; (v) a statement of the amount of monthly net income, itemized to show how the amount is calculated; and (vi) a statement disclosing any reasonably anticipated increase in income or expenditures over the 12-month period following the date of the filing of the petition;”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Marcott · In Re Wassah

2. “on any ground fairly supported by the record.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dietlein v. Dietlein (In re Dietlein) · JH, Inc. v. Morabito (In re Morabito)

3. “"Nunc pro tunc signifies now for then, or in other words, a thing is done now, which shall have [the] same legal force and effect as if done at [the] time when it ought to have been done.” United States v. Allen, 153 F.3d 1037, 1044 (9th Cir.1998). This "inherent power of the court to make its records speak the truth,” id., "is a limited one, and may be used only where necessary to correct a clear mistake and prevent injustice.” United States v. Sumner, 226 F.3d 1005, 1009-10 (9th Cir.2000). The power does not, however, allow the court "to alter the substance of that which actually transpired or to backdate events to serve some other purpose. Rather, its use is limited to making the record reflect what the ... court actually intended to do at an earlier date, but which it did not sufficiently express or did not accomplish due to some error or inadvertence.” Id. at 1010 (citations omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 678 F. Supp. 2d 1061 - Alston v. Read