In Re Joseph and Sandra Schaitzs Appeal of Gwenn L Webb and Colton Webb’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably In the Matter of Robert John Love, Debtor-Appellant (1992), In the Matter of Ronald J. Witkowski, Debtor-Appellant (1994)
10 federal appellate · 6 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
Relies on Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · Little Creek Development Co. v. Commonwealth Mortgage Corp. · Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Whitman · Rimgale Ravenot v. S Rimgale · Phoenix Piccadilly, Ltd. v. Life Insurance
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n determining whether a plan is filed in good faith, the court is tasked with questioning whether the debtor is 'really trying to pay the creditors to the reasonable limit of his ability or is he trying to thwart them?'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marshall v. Blake · In re Shelton“Chapter 13 provides, for individuals, a counterpart to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, which authorizes the reorganization of bankrupt enterprises in lieu of their liquidation. Instead of the trustee’s seizing and selling the bankrupt’s nonexempt assets, as in a Chapter 7 proceeding, under Chapter 13 (as under Chapter 11) the bankrupt proposes a plan for the repayment of his debts out of future income.”). 8 . Order, In re Michael J. Free d/b/a Electra Lighting & Elec. Co., No. 2-10-bk-25460 (CMB), ECF No. 71 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. Jan. 31, 2011) (hereinafter”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Instead of the trustee’s seizing and selling the bankrupt’s non-exempt assets, as in a Chapter 7 proceeding, under Chapter 13 ... the bankrupt proposes a plan for the repayment of his debts out of future income. Sometimes the plan is in the creditors’ best interests, but even if they object to it the bankruptcy judge can cram it down their throats. 11 U.S.C. § 1325 (a)(5)(B).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Scott
How this case has been treated — in progress
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