In re Hernandez

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “a debtor must have complied with the requirements in the [P.R. Homestead Act] as of the petition date in order to properly claim the homestead exemption under state (Puerto Rico) law in a bankruptcy proceeding”
• “As a general rule, Puerto Rico’s Property Registry is only declarative in nature, meaning that citizens are not mandated to record their transactions to constitute their validity except in the limited situations required by law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Gregory
  E.D. North Carolina· 2013-03-07· cited 4×
• In re Navarro
  D. Puerto Rico· 2014-01-28· cited 4×
• Redondo Construction Corp. v. Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority (In re Redondo Construction Corp.)
  D. Puerto Rico· 2014-01-13· cited 4×
• In re Rivera
  D. Puerto Rico· 2016-01-14· cited 1×
• In re Rivera
  D. Puerto Rico· 2013-06-10
• Jose Mendez Albarran v. Carmen Socorro Rivera
  First Circuit· 2021-05-20

Cites

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

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
• Elrod v. Burns
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-28· cited 4,553×
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-09· cited 3,104×
• Russello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-11-01· cited 2,703×
• Clinton v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1997-05-27· cited 2,415×
• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-20· cited 1,871×
• United States v. Fisher
  Supreme Court· 1805-02-21· cited 544×
• Good Samaritan Hospital v. Shalala
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 532×
• Carcieri v. Salazar
  Supreme Court· 2009-02-24· cited 326×
• Schwab v. Reilly
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-17· cited 289×
• Bessette v. AVCO Financial Services Inc.
  First Circuit· 2000-10-27· cited 219×
• Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2012-02-22· cited 183×
• Warner Lambert Co. v. Tribunal Superior
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1973-05-09· cited 178×
• Vélez Reboyras v. Secretario de Justicia
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1984-06-25· cited 173×
• United States v. Councilman
  First Circuit· 2005-08-11· cited 97×
• Rodríguez Ramos v. Pérez Santiago
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2004-04-14· cited 82×
• Colón Cortés v. Pesquera
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2000-04-19· cited 69×
• Sociedad para la Asistencia Legal, Inc. v. Instituto de Ciencias Forenses
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2010-09-16· cited 55×
• Neang Chea Taing v. Napolitano
  First Circuit· 2009-05-20· cited 46×
• Hernandez-Miranda v. Empresas Diaz Masso, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2011-06-29· cited 39×