Tober v. Lang’s Empirical Analysis
688 F.3d 1160 · 2012
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 522 · 11 U.S.C. § 541
Relies on Trw Inc v. Adelaide Andrews · Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Porto Rico Ry Light Power Co v. Mor · Boyajian v. New Falls Corp. · In Re Marriage of Berger
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here the text of a statutory exemption is ambiguous as to whether it applies, the debtor is entitled to the exemption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]xemption statutes in bankruptcy law should be construed liberally in favor of the debtor,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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