United States v. Doud’s Empirical Analysis
869 F.2d 1144 · 1989
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Jones (1993), Hardzog v. Federal Land Bank of Wichita (1990)
20 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1225
Relies on Prudential Insurance v. Monnier · Education Assistance Corp. v. Zellner · In re Briggs Transportation Company · Wegner v. Grunewaldt · United States v. Neal Pharmacal Co.
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The appropriate discount rate must be determined on the basis of the rate of interest which is reasonable in light of the risks involved. Thus, in determining the discount rate, the court must consider the prevailing market rate for a loan of a term equal to the payout period, with due consideration for the quality of the security and the risk of subsequent default.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the value, as of the effective date of the plan, of property to be distributed ... not less than the allowed amount of such claim.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Fisher · In Re Harper“If the bankruptcy court has correctly considered all of the elements involved in computing a discount rate, determination of the proper discount rate in a particular case is a factual inquiry.”
2 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.