In Re Hopper

How courts have described this case

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

• “Having voluntarily submitted herself and her assets to the jurisdiction of the Bankrupty Court, the [Debtor’s] regret over that decision . . . does not constitute ‘cause’ justifying dismissal of her case.”
• \Debtor's mistaken belief that she could retain her residence and a receive a discharge of all her dischargeable debts does not constitute 'cause' within the meaning of § 707(a).\
• “A Chapter 7 debtor does not have an absolute statutory right to voluntarily dismiss a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition like a Chapter 13 debtor has . . . .”
• debtor’s asserted ability to pay outside bankruptcy not enough to establish cause for dismissal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Peterson
  S.D. Indiana· 2015-02-04· cited 17×
• Securities America, Inc. v. Tallman (In Re Tallman)
  N.D. Indiana· 2009-09-30· cited 7×
• In re Dzierzawski
  E.D. Michigan· 2015-04-10· cited 7×
• Layng v. Sgambati (In re Sgambati)
  E.D. Wisconsin· 2018-04-20· cited 6×
• In re Herrera
  D. New Mexico· 2016-07-15· cited 5×
• In re Kaur
  E.D. California· 2014-04-29· cited 3×
• Pinnick v. No (In re Pinnick)
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-03-08· cited 1×

Cites

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

• In Re David G. Zick, Debtor. Industrial Insurance Services, Inc. v. David G. Zick
  Sixth Circuit· 1991-05-03· cited 259×
• In the Matter of Atlas Supply Corporation, Debtor. Gail Lee Peterson v. Atlas Supply Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-10-21· cited 74×
• In the Matter of Martin Szekely and Donna Szekely, Debtors-Appellants
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-07-02· cited 57×
• Eastman v. Eastman (In Re Eastman)
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-10-30· cited 48×
• Turpen v. Eide (In Re Turpen)
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-02-16· cited 46×
• In Re Schwartz
  S.D. New York· 1986-03-25· cited 40×
• In Re Spencer
  N.D. Oklahoma· 1992-02-14· cited 35×
• In Re Mechanical Maintenance, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1991-06-10· cited 33×
• Hickman v. Hana (In Re Hickman)
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-03-20· cited 31×
• Leach v. United States Internal Revenue Service (In Re Leach)
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-07-23· cited 28×
• In Re Klein
  E.D. New York· 1984-05-01· cited 28×
• In Re Geller
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-06-18· cited 24×
• Schwartz v. Geltzer (In Re Smith)
  Second Circuit· 2007-11-05· cited 23×
• In Re McCullough
  E.D. Virginia· 1999-01-15· cited 18×
• Sicherman v. Cohara (In Re Cohara)
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-04-05· cited 18×
• In Re Stephenson
  W.D. Oklahoma· 2001-04-27· cited 17×
• In Re Martin
  E.D. North Carolina· 1983-05-19· cited 17×
• In Re Jabarin
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-10-15· cited 15×
• In Re Hull
  E.D. New York· 2006-02-22· cited 14×
• In Re Harker
  E.D. Tennessee· 1995-04-26· cited 14×