Molitor v. Eidson’s Empirical Analysis
76 F.3d 218 · 1996
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019 · most notably Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass. (2007), Geiger v. Kawaauhau (1997)
9 federal appellate · 3 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 In the Matter of Kenneth W Smith Appeal of State of Indiana · Handeen v. A · Graven v. Fink · Eisen v. Curry
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]n request of a party in interest or the United States trustee and after notice and a hearing, the court may convert a case under this chapter to a case under chapter 7 of this title, or may dismiss a case under this chapter, whichever is in the best interests of creditors and the estate, for cause....”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] Chapter 13 petition filed in bad faith may be dismissed or converted 'for cause' under 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he purpose of the Bankruptcy Code is to give the honest, unfortunate debtor a fresh start not to assist those who intend to misuse the system and perpetuate fraudulent actions.”
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.