In Re Guttierez

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that bankruptcy petition preparer flat fee cannot exceed $50
• noting bankruptcy court may not adjudicate criminal matters relating to concealment of assets belonging to bankruptcy estate but may refer matter for criminal investigation
• finding that $50.00 is the maximum flat fee
• describing “selecting how creditors would be treated and advis[ing] the debtor regarding what exemptions to claim and under which chapter to file” as examples of “legal advice”
• “Section 110 . . . effectively restrict[s] ‘petition preparers’ to rendering only ‘scrivening/typing’ services.”
• “Congress was also concerned that debtors would be at the mercy of fly-by-night ‘typing mills’ that would lull the unsuspecting public into thinking that they had the expertise to offer valuable legal (or at least quasi-legal) bankruptcy assistance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Castorena
  D. Idaho· 2001-11-28· cited 58×
• Hargis v. JLB Corp.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2011-12-20· cited 48×
• In Re Moffett
  W.D. Kentucky· 2001-05-11· cited 42×
• In Re Doser
  D. Idaho· 2002-07-24· cited 26×
• In Re Bush
  D. Idaho· 2002-03-15· cited 24×
• In re Bradley
  S.D. Texas· 2013-07-16· cited 23×
• In Re Rose
  E.D. Tennessee· 2004-08-18· cited 19×
• In Re Walker
  N.D. Ohio· 2001-01-26· cited 17×
• In Re Alexander
  N.D. Ohio· 2002-09-26· cited 17×
• In Re Dunkle
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2002-01-30· cited 15×
• In Re Landry
  M.D. Florida· 2001-09-17· cited 12×
• 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 Schneider
  D. Vermont· 2002-01-04· cited 11×
• McDow v. Skinner (In Re Jay)
  E.D. Virginia· 2010-08-17· cited 10×
• Wieland v. Assaf (In re Briones-Coroy)
  D. Colorado· 2012-10-23· cited 10×
• In Re Evans
  E.D. Virginia· 2009-08-23· cited 9×
• Gould v. Clippard
  M.D. Tennessee· 2006-03-28· cited 8×
• Lucas v. Nickens (In Re Lucas)
  D. Maryland· 2004-07-12· cited 7×
• Bolen v. King (In Re Howard)
  W.D. Louisiana· 2005-09-22· cited 6×

Cites

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

• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-27· cited 89×
• Unauthorized Practice Committee, State Bar of Texas v. Cortez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-08· cited 39×
• In Re Kaitangian
  S.D. California· 1998-01-23· cited 37×
• Hastings v. United States Trustee (In Re Agyekum)
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-10-06· cited 37×
• In Re Farness
  D. Idaho· 2000-01-07· cited 34×
• Ross v. Smith (In Re Gavin)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-06-15· cited 32×
• Brown v. Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1987-09-22· cited 30×
• United States Trustee v. Tank (In Re Stacy)
  D. Oregon· 1996-03-11· cited 30×
• United States Trustee v. PLA People's Law-Arizona, Inc. (In Re Green)
  D. Arizona· 1996-07-01· cited 29×
• Palmer v. Unauthorized Practice Committee of the State Bar of Texas
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1969-02-12· cited 27×
• Ostrovsky v. Monroe (In Re Ellingson)
  D. Montana· 1999-02-16· cited 25×
• Davies v. Unauthorized Practice Committee of the State Bar of Texas
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1968-07-18· cited 23×
• Quarles v. State Bar of Texas
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1958-10-02· cited 22×
• Samuels v. American Legal Clinic, Inc. (In Re Samuels)
  M.D. Florida· 1994-12-29· cited 21×
• In Re Burdick
  N.D. New York· 1996-01-04· cited 20×
• In Re Lyvers
  W.D. Kentucky· 1995-03-17· cited 19×
• Moore v. Jencks (In Re Moore)
  D. Maine· 1999-03-08· cited 19×
• Matter of Bright
  E.D. Michigan· 1994-08-09· cited 18×
• In Re Gabrielson
  D. Arizona· 1998-01-29· cited 17×
• In Re Murray
  D. Arizona· 1996-01-03· cited 16×