Johnson v. Vanguard Holding Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.2d 865 · 1983
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 134 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Education Assistance Corp. v. Zellner (1987), In the Matter of John Joseph METZ, Debtor. DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. John Joseph METZ, Appellee (1987)
22 federal appellate · 6 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. § 1307 · 11 U.S.C. § 1325
Relies on Di Pierro v. Taddeo · Goeb v. Heid · Rimgale Ravenot v. S Rimgale · Deans v. O'Donnell · Council of & for the Blind of Delaware County Valley, Inc. v. Regan
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 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Good faith,' while not defined by statute or legislative history, ... certainly does, however, require 'honesty of intention,' ... in the sense of focusing on the debtor's conduct in the submission, approval and implementation of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Bankruptcy Judge should determine whether Johnson had a bona fide change in circumstances that justified both her default on her first plan and her second filing.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Bereolos · In Re Pryor“(5) with respect to each allowed secured claim provided for by the plan— (A) the holder of such claim has accepted the plan; (B)(i) the plan provides that the holder of such claim retain the lien securing such claim; and (ii) the value, as of the effective date of the plan, of property to be distributed under the plan on account of such claim is not less than the allowed amount of such claim; or (C) the debtor surrenders the property securing such claim to such holder; and (6) the debtor will be able to make all payments under the plan and to comply with the plan.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.