Mann v. McCombs’s Empirical Analysis
751 F.2d 286 · 1984
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently September 2000 · most notably In re Busy Beaver Building Centers, Inc. (1994), In Re James R. Ahlers and Mary M. Ahlers, Debtors. James R. Ahlers and Mary M. Ahlers v. Norwest Bank Worthington and Federal Land Bank, in Re James R. Ahlers and Mary M. Ahlers, Debtors. Norwest Bank Worthington, N.A. v. James R. Ahlers and Mary M. Ahlers (1986)
8 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. § 330
Relies on Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · US Golf Corporation Neville US v. Eufaula Bank & Trust Co D · Neville v. Eufaula Bank & Trust Co. · In Re Atlas Automation, Inc.
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) After notice to any parties in interest and to the United States trustee and a hearing, and subject to sections 326, 328, and 329 of this title, the court may award to a trustee, to an examiner, to a professional person employed under section 327 or 1103 of this title, or to the debtor’s attorney— (1) reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered by such trustee, examiner, professional person, or attorney, as the case may be, and by any paraprofessional persons employed by such trustee, professional person, or attorney, as the case may be, based on the nature, the extent, and the value of such services, the time spent on such services, and the cost of comparable services other than in a case under this title; and (2) reimbursement for actual, necessary expenses.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... is meant to encourage high standards of professional legal practice in the bankruptcy courts. Bankruptcy courts are no longer bound by pre-code notions of frugality and economy in fixing fees. Bankruptcy courts must consider whether the fee awards are commensurate with fees for professional services in nonbankrupt-cy cases, thus providing sufficient economic incentive to practice in the bankruptcy courts.”
2 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.