McFarland v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis
790 F.3d 1182 · 2015
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 522 · 11 U.S.C. § 541 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on Butner v. United States · Owen v. Owen · Clements v. Fashing · Hanover National Bank v. Moyses · United States v. Jernigan
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he burden is on the party objecting to exemptions to prove, by a preponderance of evidence, that the exemptions are not properly claimed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Generally speaking, courts construe bankruptcy exemption statutes-both state and federal-liberally in favor of bankruptcy debtors.”
1 later decision 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.