In Re Alexander

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that Congress expressly chose the words “collect or receive any payment,” precluding bankruptcy petition preparers from taking filing fees in any form or fashion
• concluding that reasonable value of petition preparer’s services was $200
• allowing a maximum flat fee of $200.00 based upon time involved with the debtor’s case
• analogizing the burden-of-proof issue to the same issue for attorneys’ fees under § 329(b) of the Bankruptcy Code
• “The burden of proving the reasonableness of fees collected from chapter 7 debtors in connection with their bankruptcy cases is most logically placed on the recipient, in this case a petition preparer[.]”
• “Congress enacted [11 U.S.C.] § 110 ... to ‘address the growing problem of bankruptcy [petition] preparers who abuse the system in the course of preparing documents for the debtors to file.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Mirant Corp.
  N.D. Texas· 2006-11-21· cited 25×
• In Re Bankruptcy Petition Preparers
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-02-23· cited 23×
• In Re Rose
  E.D. Tennessee· 2004-08-18· cited 19×
• In Re Haney
  N.D. Ohio· 2002-09-23· cited 12×
• United States Trustee v. Burton (In re Rosario)
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-05-29· cited 12×
• In Re Mirant Corp.
  N.D. Texas· 2006-08-09· cited 11×
• In Re Village at Camp Bowie I, L.P.
  N.D. Texas· 2011-08-04· cited 10×
• Lucas v. Nickens (In Re Lucas)
  D. Maryland· 2004-07-12· cited 7×
• Scott v. Tighe (In Re Buck)
  C.D. California· 2004-01-21· cited 6×
• Bodenstein v. Shareef (In Re Steward)
  N.D. Illinois· 2004-07-23· cited 5×
• Alba v. Tighe (In Re Shoup)
  C.D. California· 2004-01-21· cited 3×
• In Re Thompson
  N.D. Ohio· 2004-09-20
• LDS Express, Inc. v. Brown (In Re Kingway Logistics, Inc.)
  N.D. Texas· 2006-08-16

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 4,657×
• In the Matter Of: Peter Francis Geraci
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-03-09· cited 105×
• Sharon Village Ltd. v. Licking County Board of Revision
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-05-21· cited 63×
• In Re Guttierez
  W.D. Texas· 2000-04-17· cited 50×
• Matter of Swartout
  S.D. Ohio· 1982-05-11· cited 42×
• In Re Moffett
  W.D. Kentucky· 2001-05-11· cited 42×
• Hastings v. United States Trustee (In Re Agyekum)
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-10-06· cited 37×
• In Re Evans
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-05-11· cited 35×
• Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Coleman
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2000-02-23· cited 35×
• Cohn v. U.S. Trustee (In Re Ostas)
  N.D. New York· 1993-09-02· cited 34×
• United States Trustee v. PLA People's Law-Arizona, Inc. (In Re Green)
  D. Arizona· 1996-07-01· cited 29×
• Wetherbee v. Willow Lane, Inc. (In Re Bestway Products, Inc.)
  E.D. California· 1993-02-16· cited 29×
• In Re 1095 Commonwealth Avenue Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-01-21· cited 26×
• In Re Doser
  D. Idaho· 2002-07-24· cited 26×
• Marshall v. Bourque (In Re Hartman)
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-04-30· cited 24×
• In Re Mondie Forge Co.
  N.D. Ohio· 1993-05-12· cited 22×
• United States Trustee v. Womack (In Re Paskel)
  E.D. Arkansas· 1996-09-17· cited 22×
• In Re Cobb
  N.D. Illinois· 1985-12-13· cited 17×
• In Re Jones
  S.D. Indiana· 1998-02-15· cited 16×
• In Re Paul Menell, Debtor. Paul Menell v. First National Bank of Boston
  First Circuit· 1994-09-28· cited 15×