in Re Bruce P. Zelis’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably McAlister v. Slosberg (In Re Slosberg) (1998), Saylor
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. § 523
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Cecchini Impulsora Del Territorio Sur Sa v. Cecchini Robustelli Impulsora Del Territorio Sur Sa · Danning v. Miller · 155 Cal. App. 3d 997 - Milicevich v. Sacramento Medical Center · Jensen v. California Department of Health Services (In Re Jensen)
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We have held that an act is 'willful and malicious' when done intentionally and the act necessarily produces harm and is without just cause or excuse.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another entity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Yarom · Saylor
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.