In Re Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently November 2010
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. § 1322 · 11 U.S.C. § 1324 · 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 727 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 157
Relies on United States v. Estus · Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Whitman · Goeb v. Heid · Kitchens v. Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Co. · Rimgale Ravenot v. S Rimgale
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The plan may not provide for payments over a period that is longer than three years, unless the court, for cause, approves a longer period, but the court may not approve a period that is longer than five years.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Carver · In Re Mandarino““If the trustee or the holder of an allowed unsecured claim objects to the confirmation of the plan, then the court may not approve the plan unless, as of the effective date of the plan— (A) the value of the property to be distributed under the plan on account of such claim is not less than the amount of such claim; or (B) the plan provides that all of the debtor's projected disposable income to be received in the three-year period beginning on the date that the first payment is due under the plan will be applied to make payments under the plan.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Mandarino“The court shall grant the debtor a discharge, unless— the debtor has been granted a discharge under section 1228 or 1328 of this title ... in a case commenced within six years before the date of the filing of the petition, unless payments under the plan in such case totaled at least— (A) 100 percent of the allowed unsecured claims in such case; or (B) (i) 70 percent of such claims; and (ii) the plan was proposed by the debtor in good faith, and was the debtor’s best effort.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.