Bankr L Rep P 70653 in the Matter of Richard E Barker’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably 29 114 75276 Yonikus Yonikus, Baltimore Orioles, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Players Ass'n (1986)
15 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
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 Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Wetzel · 103 Ill. 2d 266 - In Re Marriage of Logston · Cash Currency Exchange, Inc. v. Shine · Riggsby Suburban Bank of Cary Grove v. W Riggsby · White v. White
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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The following personal property, owned by the debtor, is exempt from judgment, attachment, or distress for rent: (a) The necessary wearing apparel, bible, school books, and family pictures of the debtor and the debtor’s dependents; (b) The debtor’s equity interest, not to exceed $4,000 in value, in any other property; (c) The debtor’s interest, not to exceed $2,400 in value, in any one motor vehicle; (d) The debtor’s equity interest, not to exceed $1,500 in value, in any imple ments, professional books, or tools of the trade of the debtor;.... If a debtor owns property exempt under this Section and he or she purchased that property with the intent of converting nonexempt property into exempt property or in fraud of his or her creditors, that property shall not be exempt from judgment, attachment, or distress for rent. Property acquired within 6 months of the filing of the petition for bankruptcy shall be presumed to have been acquired in contemplation of bankruptcy. The personal property exemptions set forth in this Section shall apply only to individuals and only to personal property that is used for personal rather than business purposes.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he debtor’s equity interest, not to exceed $2,000 in value, in any other property.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Rosol · In re Hamm“[T]he courts in Illinois have consistently held that personal property exemption statutes should be liberally construed to carry out the legislature's purpose in enacting them-to protect debtors .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Bateman · In re Hamm
How this case has been treated — in progress
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