Boroff v. Tully’s Empirical Analysis
818 F.2d 106 · 1987
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 46 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 385 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Palmacci v. Umpierrez (1997), Roland M. v. Concord School Committee (1990)
63 federal appellate · 46 district · 1 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 341 · 11 U.S.C. § 522 · 11 U.S.C. § 701 · 11 U.S.C. § 727 · 28 U.S.C. § 157 · 28 U.S.C. § 2075
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Wainwright v. Sykes · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Duberstein D Stanton
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 385 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[t]he reasons for denying a discharge ... must be real and substantial, not merely technical and conjectural.'”
72 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(4) the debtor knowingly and fraudulently, in or in connection with the case— (A) made a false oath or account; (B) presented or used a false claim.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
5 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.