Batlan v. Bledsoe’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.3d 1106 · 2009
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 544 · 11 U.S.C. § 548 · 11 U.S.C. § 550 · 26 U.S.C. § 1041 · 26 U.S.C. § 61 (Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act of 1983)
Relies on Butner v. United States · Kelly v. Robinson · BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · Barnhill v. Johnson
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a)(1) The trustee may avoid any transfer ... of an interest of the debtor in property, or any obligation ... incurred by the debtor, that was made or incurred on or within 2 years before the date of the filing of the petition, if the debtor voluntarily or involuntarily— (B)(i) received less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for such transfer or obligation; and (ii)(I) was insolvent on the date that such transfer was made or such obligation was incurred, or became insolvent as a result of such transfer or obligation; [or] (II) was engaged in business or a transaction, or was about to engage in business or a transaction, for which any property remaining with the debtor was an unreasonably small capital[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Property interests are created and defined by state law. Unless some federal interest requires a different result, there is no reason why such interests should ' be analyzed differently simply because an interested party is involved in a bankruptcy proceeding. Uniform treatment of property interests by both state and federal courts within a State serves to reduce uncertainty, to discourage forum shopping, and to prevent a party from, receiving a windfall merely by reason of the happenstance of bankruptcy.”
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.