In re Seaton

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “caution should be high among the guiding principles of a court in awarding compensation for emotional distress.”
• noting the court’s concern that excessive fees for routine stay 9 violations might foster a “cottage industry built around satellite fee litigation”
• cutting debtor’s attorney’s fees from $10,000 to $249.00 as they were unreasonable for the minimal work required to prosecute a routine stay violation
• awarding 2.45% ($249.90) of requested attorney’s fees to match the 2.45% of requested emotional distress damages rewarded
• including Carrigan in a list of Fourth Circuit cases that awarded emotional distress damages
• “The proportionality of the attorney’s fees sought to the damages incurred by a debtor is a significant factor in determining reasonableness.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Skillforce, Inc. v. Hafer
  E.D. Virginia· 2014-04-25· cited 20×
• Warren v. Dill (In re Warren)
  D. South Carolina· 2015-06-29· cited 17×
• In re Banks
  E.D. Virginia· 2017-08-31· cited 11×
• Ojiegbe v. Walter (In re Ojiegbe)
  D. Maryland· 2015-09-29· cited 8×
• In re Johnson
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-05-14· cited 8×
• Roman-Perez v. Operating Partners Co. (In re Roman-Perez)
  D. Puerto Rico· 2015-04-06· cited 5×
• Siegal v. Everett (In re Siegal)
  D. Maryland· 2018-08-08· cited 5×
• In re Dev
  E.D. North Carolina· 2018-10-26· cited 3×
• In re Price
  E.D. North Carolina· 2017-09-14· cited 2×
• Lopez v. Doral Bank (In re Lopez)
  D. Puerto Rico· 2013-10-22· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Citizens Bank of Md. v. Strumpf
  Supreme Court· 1995-10-31· cited 594×
• In Re Homer G. Walters and Evolene Walters, Debtors. Charles L. Burd v. Homer G. Walters and Evolene Walters
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-03-01· cited 207×
• Fleet Mortgage Group, Inc. v. Kaneb
  First Circuit· 1999-11-08· cited 166×
• Grady v. A.H. Robins Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-02-04· cited 131×
• Laura Anne Aiello v. Providian Financial Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-02-06· cited 119×
• Young v. Repine
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-07-22· cited 115×
• Zilog, Inc. v. Corning (In Re Zilog, Inc.)
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-06-14· cited 91×
• In Re Robinson
  E.D. New York· 1998-12-11· cited 69×
• In Re David Strumpf, Debtor. Citizens Bank of Maryland v. David Strumpf
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-10-13· cited 68×
• Heghmann v. Indorf (In Re Heghmann)
  First Circuit· 2004-11-03· cited 66×
• Catherine Norwood Winters, Acting by and Through Her Attorney-In-Fact, Toni Louise McMahon v. George Mason Bank Robert O. Tyler, Trustee
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-08-23· cited 60×
• Cherry v. Arendall (In Re Cherry)
  E.D. Virginia· 2000-03-08· cited 52×
• Aponte v. Aungst (In Re Aponte)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1988-02-23· cited 49×
• Scott v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2003-01-14· cited 49×
• Duby v. United States (In Re Duby)
  First Circuit· 2011-06-28· cited 46×
• John E. Green Plumbing and Heating Company, Inc. v. Turner Construction Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-08-29· cited 42×
• McLaughlin v. Fireman's Trust Mortgage Corp. (In Re McLaughlin)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1989-02-22· cited 42×
• In Re Carrigan
  W.D. North Carolina· 1989-04-27· cited 29×
• In Re Shealy
  W.D. North Carolina· 1988-07-20· cited 27×
• Weatherford v. Timmark, Carey Holdings Inc. (In Re Weatherford)
  D. South Carolina· 2009-04-06· cited 27×