Maus v. Maus’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2015 · most notably Farrey v. Sanderfoot (1991), Farrey v. Sanderfoot (1990)
7 federal appellate · 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 522 · 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Driggs v. Black · In the Matter of Rodney Coil Appeal of Rodney Coil · Cady v. Cady · Boyd v. Robinson · Albin v. Albin
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e recognize that our decision may produce questionable results in some circumstances. However, we agree with the district court’s observation that the policy considerations at issue have been weighed by Congress and embodied in the language of the Bankruptcy Act. It is the prerogative of Congress and not of the courts to adjust that balance. Maus, 837 F.2d at 940 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Worth · In Re Brothers“(f) [T]he 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 ..., if such lien is— (1) a judicial lien....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Lowe · In Re Stone“[T]he settlement agreement specifically states that the homestead property is granted to [the debtor spouse] free and clear of all claims of [the creditor spouse]. The facts here are therefore distinguishable from those cases relied on by the bankruptcy court in which the decree itself embodies an agreement to create a lien on the property to enforce the property settlement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Alvarado · Parker v. Donahue
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.