McDow v. Dudley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “[TJhe concept of finality in bankruptcy cases has traditionally been applied in a more pragmatic and less technical way[.]”) (quotation marks and citations omitted); In re Swyter, 263 B.R. 742, 746 (E.D.Va.2001) (”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Prologo v. Flagstar Bank, Fsb · Jaffé v. Samsung Electronics Co. (In Re Qimonda AG)

2. “Section 707(b) creates a statutory gateway based on whether the case is abusive, and an order denying that motion to dismiss as abusive, in effect, finally and conclusively resolves the issue. If the denial of a § 707(b) motion to dismiss cannot be appealed immediately ..., the Chapter 7 proceedings would have to be completed before it could be determined whether the proceedings were abusive in.the first place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aspen Skiing Co. v. Cherrett · In re Plichta

3. “Section 707(b) creates a statutory gateway based on whether the case is abusive, and an order denying that motion dismiss as abusive, in effect, finally and conclusively resolves the issue. If the denial of a § 707(b) motion to dismiss cannot be appealed immediately to the district court, the Chapter 7 proceedings would have to be completed before it could be determined whether the proceedings were abusive in the first place”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stearns v. Pratola (In re Pratola)