In re Cain

How courts have described this case

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

• holding same and reasoning that the wholly unsecured status of the creditor’s claim, rather that the debtor’s eligibility for a discharge, is determinative
• holding same and reasoning that the wholly 7 unsecured status of the creditor’s claim, rather that the debtor’s 8 eligibility for a discharge, is determinative
• “Lien-stripping is an important tool in the Chapter 13 toolbox, and it is not conditioned on being eligible for a discharge.”
• collecting cases subscribing to the “de facto discharge” argument
• describing this view as the \growing consensus\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• HSBC Bank USA, National Ass'n v. Blendheim (In Re Blendheim)
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-10-01· cited 85×
• In re: Serge Michel Boukatch and Lori Jean Boukatch
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-07-09· cited 10×
• In re Ranieri
  N.D. Illinois· 2019-03-29· cited 7×
• Sharenne Tucker
  Sixth Circuit· 2026-03-30

Cites

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

• Dewsnup v. Timm
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-15· cited 1,346×
• Johnson v. Home State Bank
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-10· cited 1,263×
• Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-28· cited 910×
• Nobelman v. American Savings Bank
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 868×
• In Re Dow Corning Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-06-03· cited 280×
• Menninger v. Accredited Home Lenders (In Re Morgeson)
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-07-25· cited 143×
• Corzin v. Fordu (In Re Fordu)
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-07-07· cited 75×
• Marketing & Creative Solutions, Inc. v. Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co. (In Re Marketing & Creative Solutions, Inc.)
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-02-15· cited 52×
• Fisette v. Keller (In Re Fisette)
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-08-29· cited 48×
• In Re Millers Cove Energy Company, Inc., Debtor. Millers Cove Energy Company, Inc. v. Ronald L. Moore
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-10-23· cited 46×
• In Re Jarvis
  C.D. Illinois· 2008-07-09· cited 44×
• Timothy Branigan v. Bryan Davis
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-05-10· cited 42×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 2002-02-07· cited 41×
• In Re Tran
  N.D. California· 2010-06-25· cited 41×
• In Re Lilly
  C.D. Illinois· 2007-10-30· cited 32×
• In Re Fenn
  N.D. Illinois· 2010-05-17· cited 31×
• In Re Gerardin
  S.D. Florida· 2011-03-28· cited 30×
• In Re Jennings
  N.D. Georgia· 2011-07-11· cited 24×
• In Re Fair
  E.D. Wisconsin· 2011-04-19· cited 21×
• Frazier v. REAL TIME RESOLUTIONS, INC.
  E.D. California· 2012-03-09· cited 18×