In Re Jerome Thomas Lafond’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently May 2011 · most notably In the Matter of Bernard Armstrong, Debtor-Appellant (1987), In the Matter of Ronald and Marjorie Pattersons Appeal of Abbotsford State Bank
2 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 Thorp Credit & Thrift Co. v. Pommerer (In Re Pommerer) · 11 1024 70155 Thompson Thompson · Augustine v. United States · Yoder v. United States (In Re Yoder) · Walkington v. Production Credit Ass'n (In Re Walkington)
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“take into account the intensity of a debt- or’s past farming activities and the sincerity of his intentions to continue farming, as well as evidence that [the] debtor is legitimately engaged in a trade which currently and regularly uses the specific implements or tools exempted and on which lien avoidance is sought.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Larson · In Re Henke“(20) “farmer” means (except when such term appears in the term “family farmer”) person that received more than 80 percent of such person’s gross income during the taxable year of such person immediately preceding the taxable year of such person during which the case under this title concerning such person was commenced from a farming operation owned or operated by such person; ...”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(f) Notwithstanding any waiver of exemptions, the debtor may avoid the fixing of a lien on an interest of the debtor in property to the extent that such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled under subsection (b) of this section, if such lien is— [[Image here]] (2) a nonpossessory, nonpurchase-mon-ey security interest in any— [[Image here]] (B) implements, professional books, or tools, of the trade of the debtor or the trade of a dependent of the debtor....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Janz · In Re Psick
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.