Joe Pliler v. Richard Stearns

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “core purpose” of BAPCPA—ensuring debtors devote what they can to repaying creditors—is “best effectuated when Chapter 13 plans must last for three or five years, depending on the debtors’ income, unless all unsecured claims are fully repaid sooner”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Oteria Moses v. Cashcall, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-03-16· cited 38×
• In re Pautin
  W.D. Texas· 2014-11-25· cited 17×
• In re Harris
  E.D. North Carolina· 2014-12-24· cited 5×
• In re Mason
  S.D. Mississippi· 2014-10-30· cited 4×
• In re Runnels
  W.D. North Carolina· 2015-05-11· cited 4×
• In re Ingram
  D. South Carolina· 2015-05-14· cited 3×
• Bassel v. Durand-Day
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-04-21· cited 2×
• In re Brown
  E.D. North Carolina· 2016-03-04· cited 1×
• Travis Sasser v. Michael Burnett
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-03-05
• Christine Sugar v. Michael Burnett
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-03-05

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N. A.
  Supreme Court· 2011-01-11· cited 410×
• Hamilton v. Lanning
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-07· cited 365×
• Holland v. Big River Minerals Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-06-23· cited 150×
• Maney v. Kagenveama
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-06-23· cited 131×
• Coop v. Frederickson (In Re Frederickson)
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-10-27· cited 97×
• Baud v. Carroll
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-02-04· cited 69×
• Whaley v. Tennyson (In Re Tennyson)
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-07-16· cited 65×
• Rickey Carroll v. John Logan
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-10-28· cited 58×
• Ana Flores v. Rod Danielson
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-08-29· cited 43×
• Tanya Johnson v. William Zimmer
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-07-11· cited 34×
• Morris v. Quigley
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-03-07· cited 22×
• Danielson v. Flores (In Re Flores)
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-08-31· cited 15×
• In re Pliler
  E.D. North Carolina· 2013-01-15· cited 2×