Sharp v. Harrell (In Re Harrell)’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently July 2005
1 federal appellate ·
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. § 105 · 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo · Burrus · Hiram Barber v. Huldah a Barber by Her Next Friend George Cronkhite · State of Ohio Popovici v. Agler · Charles Simms v. Hannah T Simms
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Insofar as the bankruptcy court went beyond its determination as to whether an agreement to provide educational expenses is maintenance and support, by inquiring into the interpretation of paragraph 3(c) of the separation agreement and thereupon translating its interpretation into a dollar amount, the bankruptcy court’s action is hereby REVERSED.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“actually in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harrell v. Sharp
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.