7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 52 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Hamilton v. Lanning.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton v. Lanning Anchor | green | “when a bankruptcy court calculates a debtor's projected disposable income, the court may account for changes in the debtor's income or expenses that are known or virtually certain at the time of confirmation.” | 14 |
| 2 | Hamilton v. Lanning | green | “may account for changes in the debtor's income or expenses that are known or virtually certain at the time of confirmation.” | 11 |
| 3 | Howard Delivery Service, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance | green | “preferential treatment of a class of creditors is in order only when clearly authorized by congress.” | 9 |
| 4 | Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend | green | “we will not attribute words to congress that it has not written.” | 6 |
| 5 | Leonard Alfred Rowley and Beverly Ann Rowley v. Rick A. Yarnall, Production Credit Association, and Farmers Home Administration | green | “imposes a duty upon the debtors to pay their actual net disposable income received during the plan period to the unsecured creditors.” | 4 |
| 6 | In Re Broken Bow Ranch, Inc. | green | “creditors may also require a final disposable income determination at the end of the plan, prior to discharge,” | 4 |
| 7 | First National Bank of Malden v. Hopwood (In Re Hopwood) | green | “property to be distributed on account of each allowed unsecured claim is not less than the amount that would be paid on such claim if the estate of the debtor were liquidated under chapter 7” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.