40 519 77746 Crosswhite Ginter’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Scott v. E W R, Hart v. Molino (In Re Molino) (1998)
3 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Koon v. United States · Farrey v. Sanderfoot · Wetmore v. Markoe · Hill v. Smith
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A discharge under section 727... of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— (15) not of the kind described in paragraph (5) that is incurred by the debtor in the course of a divorce or separation or in connection with a separation agreement, divorce decree or other order of a court of record... unless— (A) the debtor does not have the ability to pay such debt from income or property of the debtor not reasonably necessary to be expended for the maintenance or support of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor...; or (B) discharging the debt would result in a benefit to the debtor that outweighs the detrimental consequences to the spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor(.)”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A discharge under section 727 ... of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— (5) to a spouse, former spouse or child of the debtor for alimony to, maintenance for, or support of such spouse or child, in connection with a separation agreement, divorce decree or other order of a court of record, determination made in accordance with State or territorial law by a governmental unit, or property settlement agreement. ...”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(a) A discharge under [certain enumerated sections] of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt — ... (15) not of the kind described in paragraph (5) [dealing with alimony, maintenance and child support] that is incurred by the debtor in the course of a divorce or separation or in connection with a separation agreement, ... unless — ... (B) discharging such debt would result in a benefit to the debtor that outweighs the detrimental consequences to [the] spouse....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ferraro v. Ballard · Levin v. Greco
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.