In Re Klein

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the applicable test is whether “dismissal will cause no legal prejudice to interested parties.”
• “While a debtor may voluntarily choose to place himself in bankruptcy, he does not enjoy the same discretion to withdraw his case once it has been commenced.”
• plain legal prejudice present where creditor collection efforts are delayed and there is no assurances that debtor’s assets would be distributed to creditor body once the bankruptcy court relinquishes jurisdiction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In the Matter of Atlas Supply Corporation, Debtor. Gail Lee Peterson v. Atlas Supply Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-10-21· cited 74×
• 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×
• Leach v. United States Internal Revenue Service (In Re Leach)
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-07-23· cited 28×
• Schwartz v. Geltzer (In Re Smith)
  Second Circuit· 2007-11-05· cited 23×
• In Re Hull
  E.D. New York· 2006-02-22· cited 14×
• In Re Harker
  E.D. Tennessee· 1995-04-26· cited 14×
• In Re Pappas
  E.D. New York· 2002-05-07· cited 13×
• In Re Hopper
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-04-22· cited 13×
• Terry v. Sparrow
  M.D. North Carolina· 2005-03-30· cited 11×
• In Re Stairs
  D. Colorado· 2004-02-05· cited 10×
• In Re MacDonald
  N.D. Ohio· 1987-02-03· cited 10×
• Kelly, Howe & Scott v. Giguere (In Re Giguere)
  D. Rhode Island· 1995-11-07· cited 9×
• In Re Jankowski
  M.D. Florida· 2007-09-28· cited 8×
• In Re Bruckman
  E.D. New York· 2009-03-17· cited 4×
• In Re Sheets
  N.D. Ohio· 1994-10-13· cited 4×
• In Re Astin
  W.D. Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 4×
• In re Segal
  E.D. New York· 2015-03-06· cited 2×
• Sanders v. Progressive Casualty Insurance (In Re Sanders)
  D. Arizona· 2009-09-29· cited 1×
• Iberiabank v. Yocum (In re Yocum)
  N.D. Alabama· 2013-03-20· cited 1×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gill v. Hall (In Re Hall)
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-12-04· cited 57×
• In the Matter of International Airport Inn Partnership, Debtor. Margaret G. Schroeder v. International Airport Inn Partnership
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-05-19· cited 43×
• Matter of Williams
  E.D. Missouri· 1981-11-12· cited 38×
• Matter of Jennings
  S.D. Ohio· 1983-06-29· cited 34×
• Matter of Blackmon
  S.D. Ohio· 1980-03-04· cited 28×
• In Re Wirick
  E.D. Virginia· 1980-04-10· cited 26×
• In Re Bumpass
  S.D. New York· 1983-04-01· cited 21×
• In Re Carroll
  N.D. Ohio· 1982-09-30· cited 18×
• In Re Martin
  E.D. North Carolina· 1983-05-19· cited 17×
• In Re Wolfe
  S.D. Ohio· 1981-05-07· cited 17×
• In Re Jackson
  E.D. Tennessee· 1980-11-22· cited 15×
• In Re Waldrep
  W.D. Texas· 1982-04-29· cited 14×
• In Re St. Laurent
  D. Maine· 1982-02-19· cited 13×
• In Re Ross
  E.D. New York· 1982-06-10· cited 10×
• Hammerer v. Internal Revenue Service
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1982-03-16· cited 9×
• Matter of Bryant
  N.D. Indiana· 1983-03-31· cited 5×