Statute treatment: 11 U.S.C. § 1302

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 391 citation events across 281 distinct cases.

391citations total

281distinct interpreting cases

116distinct courts

64citations in last 5y

1979–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Smith v. Rockett (2008) ca10 41 own cites 6× in case

#2 Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. v. Pardee (In Re Pardee) (1998) bap9 72 own cites 4× in case

#3 Kerney v. Capital One Financial Corp. (In Re Sims) (2002) tneb 47 own cites 3× in case

#4 In Re Joseph C. Taddeo and Ellen A. Taddeo, Debtors. Elfriede Di Pierro v. Joseph C. Taddeo and Ellen A. Taddeo and Richard J. McCord Interim Trustee (1982) ca2 402 own cites 1× in case

#5 In Re William Andrews Elana Andrews, Debtors. William Andrews Elana Andrews v. Lawrence J. Loheit, Chapter 13 Trustee (1995) ca9 67 own cites 2× in case

#6 In Re Burkhart (1988) flnb 18 own cites 4× in case

#7 Dawson v. Thomas (In Re Dawson) (2008) dcd 25 own cites 3× in case

#8 Ferrell v. Countryman (2009) txed 9 own cites 6× in case

#9 Meyer v. Hill (In Re Hill) (2001) bap9 50 own cites 2× in case

#10 In Re John and Rosemary GORSKI, Debtors. in Re Kenneth KIRSCHENBAUM, Trustee-Appellant (1985) ca2 47 own cites 2× in case

#11 United States Postal Service v. Black (In Re Heath) (1996) insd 12 own cites 4× in case

#12 Bruce K. Cable, as Debtor in Possession v. Ivy Tech State College (1999) ca7 158 own cites 1× in case

#13 Houston v. Eiler (In Re Cohen) (2004) bap9 35 own cites 2× in case

#14 Overbaugh v. Household Bank N.A. (In Re Overbaugh) (2009) ca2 34 own cites 2× in case

#15 Searles v. Riley (In Re Searles) (2004) bap9 145 own cites 1× in case

#16 In the Matter of John W. Foster, Jr. And Myrtha D. Foster, Debtors. John W. Foster, Jr., and Myrtha D. Foster v. William Heitkamp, Trustee (1982) ca5 126 own cites 1× in case

#17 In Re Iacovoni (1980) utb 124 own cites 1× in case

#18 Kathleen A. Laughlin, Trustee v. United States Internal Revenue Service, (Two Cases). Kathleen A. Laughlin v. United States Internal Revenue Service (1990) ca8 28 own cites 2× in case

#19 Stanley L. Crawford v. LVNV Funding, LLC (2014) ca11 113 own cites 1× in case

#20 Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson (2017) scotus 111 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.