In Re Gray’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently August 2003
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.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 350 · 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · Stark v. St. Mary's Hospital · Rosinski v. Boyd · Reid v. Richardson · Northern Oil Co. v. Socony Mobil Oil Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“It is settled beyond cavil that reopening rests within the sound discretion of the bankruptcy court and depends upon the facts of each case.... In exercising this discretion anent ‘omitted creditor’ cases (like the one at bar), bankruptcy courts have looked in particular to whether the debtor’s failure to include the omitted creditor on the original schedule was part of a scheme of fraud or intentional design ... and/or whether the creditor will be unfairly prejudiced if reopening is permitted.... Reopening is a congiary to be bestowed upon the deserving, not a matter of right. Id. at 429 (citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Fraza
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