In Re Schwartz

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he test is whether dismissal is in the best interest of the debtor and his creditors.”
• “Dismissal of a bankruptcy petition that was filed principally to forestall creditors should not be permitted after the delay sought has been achieved.”
• judicial economy in dismissing case after determination that debts were non-dischargeable outweighed creditors’ contentions that debtor had engaged in fraudulent transfers and dismissal would delay the assertion of their rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sinkow v. Latimer (In Re Latimer)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1988-02-05· cited 52×
• In Re Dinova
  Second Circuit· 1997-09-19· cited 51×
• Turpen v. Eide (In Re Turpen)
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-02-16· cited 46×
• 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 Motaharnia
  C.D. California· 1997-11-19· 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 Landes
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1996-05-14· cited 13×
• In Re Hopper
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-04-22· cited 13×
• In Re Haney
  E.D. Arkansas· 1999-10-18· cited 11×
• In Re MacDonald
  N.D. Ohio· 1987-02-03· cited 10×
• Barry v. Sommers (In Re Cochener)
  S.D. Texas· 2007-12-28· cited 9×
• Kelly, Howe & Scott v. Giguere (In Re Giguere)
  D. Rhode Island· 1995-11-07· cited 9×
• Kavanakudiyil v. Kavanakudiyil (In Re Kavanakudiyil)
  S.D. New York· 1992-07-15· cited 8×
• In Re Peklo
  D. Connecticut· 1996-09-20· cited 7×
• In re Herrera
  D. New Mexico· 2016-07-15· cited 5×
• In Re Bruckman
  E.D. New York· 2009-03-17· cited 4×
• In Re Astin
  W.D. Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 4×
• In Re Somers
  S.D. New York· 2011-05-04· cited 4×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Unsecured Creditors' Committee v. Farmers Savings Bank (In Re Toledo Equipment Co.)
  N.D. Ohio· 1983-12-20· cited 40×
• Seymour Ostrow, P.C. v. Schwartz (In Re Schwartz)
  S.D. New York· 1985-10-03· cited 30×
• In Re Klein
  E.D. New York· 1984-05-01· cited 28×
• In Re Mathis Insurance Agency, Inc.
  E.D. Arkansas· 1985-05-29· cited 18×
• In Re Ross
  E.D. New York· 1982-06-10· cited 10×