Chalik v. Moorefield’s Empirical Analysis
748 F.2d 616 · 1984
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 15 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 551 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Boroff v. Tully (1987), Meridian Bank v. Alten (1992)
42 federal appellate · 15 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. § 727
Relies on Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey · Martin First Federated Life Insurance Co v. A Martin · Farmers Co-operative Ass'n v. Strunk
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 551 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The court shall grant the debtor a discharge, unless— (4) the debtor knowingly and fraudulently, in or in connection with the case— (A) made a false oath or account;”
92 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. Thomas · Mertz v. Rott“The subject matter of a false oath is 'material,' and thus sufficient to bar discharge, if it bears a relationship to the bankrupt's business transactions or estate, or concerns the discovery of assets, business dealings, or the existence and disposition of his property.”
33 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a debtor satisfactorily explains a loss of assets is a question of fact.”
10 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.