In Re Stephenson

How courts have described this case

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

• “Debtors should be cautioned that although they have an absolute right to file a bankruptcy petition, there is no absolute right to dismiss it. See Laura A. Pawloski[,] The Debtor Trap: the Ironies of Section 707(a)[,] 7 Bankr. Dev. J. 175, 180–81 (1990).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Ninth Circuit· 2004-11-19· cited 20×
• Sicherman v. Cohara (In Re Cohara)
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-04-05· cited 18×
• In Re Cochener
  S.D. Texas· 2007-02-09· cited 18×
• In Re Aupperle
  D. New Jersey· 2005-03-03· cited 14×
• In Re Hopper
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-04-22· cited 13×
• In Re Stairs
  D. Colorado· 2004-02-05· cited 10×
• In re Herrera
  D. New Mexico· 2016-07-15· cited 5×
• In Re Bruckman
  E.D. New York· 2009-03-17· cited 4×
• Pinnick v. No (In re Pinnick)
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-03-08· cited 1×
• In Re: Sueann M. Smith
  Second Circuit· 2007-11-05
• In re: Cohara v.
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-04-05
• Walton v. Applegate (In re Applegate)
  S.D. Georgia· 2013-09-12
• Sherry McGann v. Jeanne Jagow
  Tenth Circuit· 2025-02-14