In the Matter of John Joseph METZ, Debtor. DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. John Joseph METZ, Appellee’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 180 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2019 · most notably Johnson v. Home State Bank (1991), Hardin v. Caldwell (1988)
36 federal appellate · 9 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1322 · 11 U.S.C. § 1325
Relies on Perez. v. Campbell · Crocker National Bank v. American Mariner Industries, Inc. · Goeb v. Heid · Federal Land Bank v. Glenn · Lawrence Tractor Co. v. Gregory
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 180 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A bankruptcy judge's finding that a debtor's plan is proposed in good faith is a finding of fact reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Smith · Hardin v. Caldwell“[The debtor] proposed to pay the arrears to [the mortgages] over thirty-six months at a market rate of 12%. He had shown good faith by keeping the payments on his house current. His increased salary made it possible for the first time in the bankruptcy proceedings to propose such a cure. Such a bona fide change in circumstances is precisely what the bankruptcy judge should examine to determine whether successive filings are proper. See In re Johnson, 708 F.2d 865, 868 (2d Cir.1983).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Chisum · In Re Warner“(4) “claim” means— (A) right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured; or (B) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured, or unsecured.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Lawson · In Re Fuller
How this case has been treated — in progress
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