In the Matter of Daniel L Lybrook and Linda Lou Lybrooks’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably In the Matter of Arlo B Edwards Appeal of Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-Op, 135 S. Ct. 1829 - Harris v. Viegelahn (2015)
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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. § 348
Relies on St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Zolg v. Kelly · In Re Charles Ellsworth Krohn AKA Charles E. Krohn, Appellant/debtor · Bobroff v. Continental Bank · Comprehensive Accounting Corp. v. Pearson
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f his position deteriorates further it is the creditors who will bear the loss, while if he should get lucky and win a lottery or a legal judgment, or inherit money ... he will be able to keep his windfall”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Calder · Matter of Baker“(a) Conversion of a case under one chapter of this title to a case under another chapter of this title constitutes an order for relief under the chapter to which the case is converted, but ... does not effect a change in the date of the filing of the petition, the commencement of the case, or the order for relief.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Calder v. Job · In Re Calder“makes an initial filing under Chapter 13 less risky, ... it also encourages conversions from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7. In the end, as many or more personal bankruptcies may end up in Chapter 7 as would be the case if property once it was included in the Chapter 13 estate remained in the bankrupt estate following conversion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matter of Baker · Baker
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.