Snow v. Green’s Empirical Analysis
899 F.2d 337 · 1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently June 2011
2 federal appellate · 1 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. § 522
Relies on McManus v. Avco Financial Services of Louisiana, Inc. · Hall v. Finance One of Georgia Inc. · Giles v. Credithrift of America, Inc. · Brown v. Dellinger · Dominion Bank v. Nuckolls
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'The first right [§ 522(f)(1)] allows the debtor to undo the actions of creditors that bring legal action against the debtor shortly before bankruptcy. Bankruptcy exists to provide relief for an overburdened debtor. If a creditor beats the debtor into court, the debt- or is nevertheless entitled to his exemptions.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"In the words of the Leonard court, and changing only the word Colorado to Virginia, since [Virginia] law allows the property to be exempted if no security interest exists, a security interest could be avoided under § 522(f). 866 F.2d at 337.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Stone
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.