In Re MacDonald

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the “statutory history simply does not support the proposition that Congress intended to maintain the status quo”
• concluding that the “statutory history simply does not support the proposition that Congress intended to maintain the status quo”
• adopting “a presumption of fundamental legislative competence on the part of Congress” and concluding that the repeal was purposeful
• “While ‘may’ does convey permission, it is doubtful that its use [in 28 U.S.C. § 1408] was intended to imply that a bankruptcy case may be commenced anywhere at all.”
• “While ‘may’ does convey permission, it is doubtful that its use [in 28 U.S.C. § 1408] was intended to imply that a bankruptcy case may be commenced anywhere at all.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Thompson v. Greenwood
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-11-08

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 4,657×
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 3,187×
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-09· cited 3,104×
• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-20· cited 1,871×
• Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1892-02-29· cited 1,398×
• United States v. Granderson
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-22· cited 311×
• Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,948 in Re Kenneth L. Isaacman, Debtor. J.E. Nicholson, Jr. v. Kenneth L. Isaacman
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-06-03· cited 165×
• In Re Leonard
  District of Columbia· 1985-10-22· cited 35×
• United States Trustee v. Sorrells (In Re Sorrells)
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-02-18· cited 28×
• In Re Lazaro
  W.D. Texas· 1991-06-05· cited 28×
• In Re Washington, Perito & Dubuc
  S.D. New York· 1993-06-02· cited 18×
• Loma Linda University Medical Center v. Neese (In Re Neese)
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-23· cited 18×
• Fulbright v. United States Department of Education (In Re Fulbright)
  D. Montana· 2005-01-07· cited 16×
• In Re Berryhill
  W.D. Tennessee· 1995-05-23· cited 15×
• In Re McDonald
  W.D. Tennessee· 1998-04-02· cited 12×
• Swinney v. Turner
  M.D. Georgia· 2004-05-13· cited 7×
• In Re Ross
  W.D. Tennessee· 2004-08-04· cited 5×
• United States Trustee v. Swinney (In Re Swinney)
  M.D. Georgia· 2003-10-14· cited 5×
• In Re Jordan
  W.D. Tennessee· 2004-08-10· cited 5×