In the Matter of Richard L. Kochell, Debtor-Appellant’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably In Re Schnabel (1993), In Re Jones (1985)
4 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
Relies on Warren v. Taff (In Re Taff) · Clark v. O'Neill · In Re Howerton · In Re Donaghy · Matter of Kochell
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(c) Except for any portion of the assets that were deposited for the purpose of evading the payment of any debt, the person’s right in the assets held in, or to receive any payment under, any individual retirement account, individual retirement annuity, or Keogh, or “H.R. 10” plan that provides benefits by reason of illness, disability, death, or age, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the person and any of his dependents.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Baumgardner · In re Butler“... the reasonably necessary standard requires that the Court take into account other income and exempt property of the debtor, present and anticipated ... and that the appropriate amount to be set aside for the debtor ought to be sufficient to sustain basic needs not related to [the debtor’s] former status in society or the life style to which he is accustomed ... (Parentheses added). In re Taff, id., at 107, 4 C.B.C.2d 65, 70 (1981).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Bari · Matter of Velis“$ jJc sfe sfc sfs (d) The following property may be exempted under subsection (b)(1) of this section: * * * * * * (10) The debtor’s right to receive— ‡ s(c )j< $ * $ (E) a payment under a stock bonus, pension, profitsharing, annuity, or similar plan or contract on account of illness, disability, death, age, or length of service, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor, (emphasis added), * * * * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matter of Weaver · In Re Lamb
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