Collins v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
January 1983
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“We concur with the Seventh District Court of Appeals which took the position that a nearly identical provision constituted an award of alimony, and the obligation to save harmless cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. Fredericks v. Fredericks, Ohio App., 146 N.E.2d 153 , 76 Ohio Law Abst. 296 . (Id. at 378)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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