UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD)

The First Step is to select a set of cases for study. The default settings include all cases.


A. Years Casesfiled disposed emerged in years: All Years select years 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014		B. Code Chapter Cases under chapters: All select chapters 7 11	B. Filing Cities / Districts Cases filed in these cities: All cities select cities AL MD Montgomery AL ND Anniston Birmingham AL SD Mobile AR ED Little Rock AZ Phoenix CA CD Los Angeles Riverside Santa Ana Santa Barbara Woodland Hills CA ED Fresno CA ND Oakland San Francisco San Jose CA SD San Diego CO Denver CT Bridgeport DE Wilmington FL MD Jacksonville Orlando Tampa FL SD Fort Lauderdale Miami GA MD Macon GA ND Atlanta Newnan Rome GA SD Savannah HI Honolulu ID Coeur dAlene ID Pocatello IL ND Chicago Rockford IN ND South Bend IN SD Indianapolis New Albany, IN KS Kansas City, KS KS Topeka KS Wichita KY ED Lexington, KY LA ED New Orleans LA MD Baton Rouge LA WD Shreveport MA Boston MA Worcester MD Baltimore MD Greenbelt ME Portland, ME MI ED Bay City Detroit MN Minneapolis MO ED St. Louis MO WD Kansas City, MO MS SD Biloxi Gulfport Jackson NC ED Raleigh Wilson NE Lincoln Omaha NH Manchester NJ Camden Newark Trenton NV Las Vegas Reno NY ED Brooklyn NY ND Utica NY SD New York Poughkeepsie White Plains NY WD Buffalo OH ND Akron Cleveland Youngstown OH SD Cincinnati Columbus Dayton OK WD Oklahoma City OR Portland, OR PA MD Harrisburg PA WD Pittsburgh SC Charleston, SC Columbia Spartanburg TN ED Chattanooga TN MD Nashville TX ND Dallas Fort Worth TX SD Corpus Christi Galveston Houston TX WD Austin Midland Midland-Odessa San Antonio UT Salt Lake City VA ED Alexandria Richmond VA WD Lynchburg VT Rutland WA ED Spokane WA WD Seattle WI ED Milwaukee WI WD Madison WV ND Wheeling WV SD Charleston, WV
C. Headquarters Cities Firms headquarted at these courts: All cities select cities AL Anniston AL Birmingham AL Mobile AL Montgomery AR Little Rock AZ Phoenix CA Fresno CA Los Angeles CA Oakland CA Riverside CA Sacramento CA San Diego CA San Francisco CA San Jose CA Santa Ana CA Santa Barbara CA Woodland Hills CO Denver CO Pueblo CT Bridgeport CT Hartford CT New Haven DC Washington DE Wilmington FL Fort Lauderdale FL Fort Myers FL Jacksonville FL Miami FL Orlando FL Panama City FL Tampa FL West Palm Beach GA Athens GA Atlanta GA Columbus GA Macon GA Newnan GA Savannah HI Honolulu IA Cedar Rapids IA Council Bluffs IA Davenport ID Boise IL Chicago IL Peoria IL Rockford IL Springfield IN Evansville IN Fort Wayne IN Indianapolis IN New Albany IN South Bend KS Kansas City KS Wichita KS Wichita (not required) KY Lexington KY Louisville LA Baton Rouge LA Lake Charles LA New Orleans LA Shreveport MA Boston MA Springfield MA Worcester MD Baltimore MD Greenbelt MI Bay City MI Detroit MI Flint MI Lansing MN Minneapolis MN St. Paul MO Kansas City MO St. Louis MS Aberdeen MS Biloxi MS Gulfport MS Jackson MT Butte NC Charlotte NC Greensboro NC Raleigh NC Wilmington NC Wilson NC Winston-Salem NE Lincoln NE Omaha NH Manchester NJ Camden NJ Newark NJ Trenton NM Albuquerque NV Las Vegas NV Reno NY Albany NY Brooklyn NY Buffalo NY Central Islip NY Hauppauge NY New York NY Poughkeepsie NY Rochester NY Syracuse NY Utica NY White Plains OH Akron OH Cincinnati OH Cleveland OH Columbus OH Dayton OH Toledo OH Youngstown OK Oklahoma City OK Tulsa OR Eugene OR Portland Outside United States PA Erie PA Harrisburg PA Philadelphia PA Pittsburgh PA Reading PA Wilkes-Barre PA Williamsport RI Providence SC Charleston SC Columbia SC Spartanburg SD Sioux Falls TN Chattanooga TN Memphis TN Nashville TX Austin TX Dallas TX El Paso TX Fort Worth TX Galveston TX Houston TX Midland TX Plano TX San Antonio TX Sherman TX Tyler UT Salt Lake City VA Alexandria VA Harrisonburg VA Lynchburg VA Norfolk VA Richmond VT Rutland WA Seattle WA Spokane WA Tacoma WI Madison WI Milwaukee WV Charleston WV Wheeling		D. Dispositions Cases reaching these dispositions: All dispositions select dispositions 363 sale confirmed 363 sale confirmed converted 363 sale confirmed dismissed 363 sale converted 363 sale dismissed 363 sale no data 363 sale pending Chapter 7 at filing confirmed converted dismissed no data pending
E. Filing party Cases filed by these parties: All parties select parties creditors debtors debtors and creditors voluntary Chapter 7	F. Prepackaged Cases of these types: All plan types select plans Nonprepackaged, nonprenegotiated Prenegotiated Prepackaged		G. Forum shopping Cases with this shopping status: All cases select cases Filed at headquarters Forum Shop
H. Industries Cases of firms principally in these industries: All industries select industries Agricultural Production Crops 01 Crops Mining 10 Metal Mining 12 Coal Mining 13 Oil And Gas Extraction 14 Mining and Quarrying of Nonmetallic Mine... Construction 15 Building Construction General Contractor... 16 Heavy Construction Other Than Building C... 17 Construction Special Trade Contractors Manufacturing 20 Food and Kindred Products 22 Textile Mill Products 23 Apparel And Other Finished Products Made... 24 Lumber And Wood Products, Except Furnitu... 25 Furniture And Fixtures 26 Paper and Allied Products 27 Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industr... 28 Chemicals and Allied Products 29 Petroleum Refining And Related Industrie... 30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Produc... 32 Stone, Clay, Glass, And Concrete Product... 33 Primary Metal Industries 34 Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machin... 35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and ... 36 Electronic And Other Electrical Equipmen... 37 Transportation Equipment 38 Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Ins... 39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas 41 Local And Suburban Transit And Interurba... 42 Motor Freight Transportation And Warehou... 44 Water Transportation 45 Transportation By Air 48 Communications 49 Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services Wholesale Trade 50 Wholesale Trade-durable Goods 51 Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods Retail Trade 52 Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Sup... 53 General Merchandise Stores 54 Food Stores 55 Automotive Dealers and Gasoline Service ... 56 Apparel And Accessory Stores 57 Home Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipme... 58 Eating and Drinking Places 59 Miscellaneous Retail Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate 60 Depository Institutions 61 Non-depository Credit Institutions 62 Security And Commodity Brokers, Dealers,... 63 Insurance Carriers 64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, and Service 65 Real Estate 67 Holding And Other Investment Offices Services 70 Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps, and Other... 72 Personal Services 73 Business Services 75 Automotive Repair, Services, and Parking 76 Miscellaneous Repair Services 78 Motion Pictures 79 Amusement And Recreation Services 80 Health Services 83 Social Services 87 Engineering, Accounting, Research, Manag...		I. Incorporation state Cases of public companies incorporated in: All jurisdictions select jurisdictions Not incorporated AL Aruba AZ Bahamas Belgium Bermuda CA Canada Cayman Islands CO CT DE DE / Argentina DE / NV DE / NY DE / PA FL GA HI IA IL IN Ireland KS LA MA Marshall Islands MD MI MN MO MS NC NH NJ NV NY OH OK OR PA SC SD TN TX UT VA WA WI WV
J. Cause Cases resulting mainly from these claims: All types of claims select claims Asbestos Environmental Fraud Fraud? Not tort Other products Other tort Patent Pension		K. Business Survival Cases that had these results after bankruptcy: All survival outcomes select outcomes Case pending Company emerged and part refiled Company emerged and refiled within 5 years Company emerged but did not refile Company emerged but not five years ago No company emerged No data No data not classified not classified yes No emerge
L. Asset Size Cases of firms reporting these assets: All Asset Sizes select asset sizes $10 billion and over $1 billion but less than $10 billion $500 million but less than $1billion Less than $500 million		M. Employee Size Cases of firms with these employees: All Employee Sizes select employee sizes 30,000 and over 10,000 but less than 30,000 1,000 but less than 10,000 200 but less than 1,000 Less than 200 Data Not Available

The Second Step is to indicate what you want to know about the selected cases.

Debtor Names	Duration in days	Annual sales
Frequency	Total assets	Number of employees

The Third Step is to choose the variable to report for the selected cases. You may choose only one.

A. Filing years	D. Disposition	J. Cause
A. Disposition years	E. Filing parties	K. Business Survival
A. Emerged years	F. Plan types	L. Asset size
B. Filing city	G. Forum shopping	M. Employee size
B. Filing district	H. Industry	Code Chapter
C. Headquarters city	I. Incorporation state

Design a Study

A. Years

B. Code Chapter

B. Filing Cities / Districts

C. Headquarters Cities

D. Dispositions

E. Filing party

F. Prepackaged

G. Forum shopping

H. Industries

I. Incorporation state

J. Cause

K. Business Survival

L. Asset Size

M. Employee Size