In Re Chapman

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing good faith requirements and finding that student loan debtors did not lack good faith
• suggesting (1) that discrimination in favor of one class of creditors effects an improper subordination of the others, and (2) that less than pro rata payment is only fair if there is some compensating benefit to the affected creditors
• Chapter 13 plan unfairly discriminated among classes where it provided for 100% payment to student loan class but only 10% to other unsecured classes
• chapter 13 plan discriminated unfairly between non-dischargeable student loan debt and other unsecured debt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Schnabel
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-04-23· cited 71×
• Bentley v. Boyajian (In Re Bentley)
  First Circuit· 2001-09-05· cited 63×
• McDonald v. Sperna (In Re Sperna)
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-10-25· cited 51×
• Spokane Railway Credit Union v. Gonzales (In Re Gonzales)
  E.D. Washington· 1994-09-21· cited 34×
• In Re Orawsky
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-05-02· cited 33×
• In Re Brown
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-03-12· cited 31×
• In Re Colfer
  D. Maine· 1993-10-06· cited 28×
• Stewart v. United States Trustee (In Re Stewart)
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-12-09· cited 23×
• In Re Martin
  E.D. Virginia· 1995-11-07· cited 21×
• In Re Cheak
  S.D. Illinois· 1994-08-17· cited 19×
• In Re Christophe
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-02-22· cited 18×
• In Re Puckett
  N.D. Illinois· 1996-02-14· cited 18×
• In Re Anderson
  D. Colorado· 1993-04-06· cited 17×
• In Re Strausser
  W.D. New York· 1997-03-14· cited 17×
• In Re Applegarth
  M.D. Florida· 1998-05-01· cited 13×
• In re Engen
  D. Kansas· 2016-12-13· cited 12×
• Lawson v. Lackey (In Re Lackey)
  N.D. Alabama· 1992-12-18· cited 9×
• Groves v. LaBarge
  E.D. Missouri· 1993-10-20· cited 9×
• In Re Friedman's, Inc.
  S.D. Georgia· 2006-08-23· cited 7×
• In Re McNichols
  N.D. Illinois· 2000-12-14· cited 6×