Deans v. O'Donnell’s Empirical Analysis
692 F.2d 968 · 1982
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 216 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably United States v. Estus (1982), Kitchens v. Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Co. (1983)
32 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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. § 103 · 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 727 · 11 U.S.C. § 766
Relies on Goeb v. Heid · Rimgale Ravenot v. S Rimgale · Tenney v. Terry · Ravenot v. Rimgale
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 216 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. The percentage of proposed repayment. 2. The debtor’s financial situation. 3. The period of time payment will be made. 4. The debtor’s employment history and prospects. 5. The nature and amount of unsecured claims. 6. The debtor’s past bankruptcy filings. 7. The debtor’s honesty in representing facts. 8. Any unusual or exceptional problems facing the debtor.”
33 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(3) the plan has been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law;”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Bowles · In Re Perkins“(a) The court shall grant the debtor a discharge, unless— (8) the debtor has been granted a discharge under this section ... in a case commenced within 8 years before the date of the filing of the petition;”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Branigan v. Bateman · In Re Pierce
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.