Warner v. Warner (In Re Warner)’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions — most recently June 2006 · most notably Long v. Calhoun (1983), Harrell v. Sharp (1985)
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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 Brown III v. Felsen · De Sylva v. Ballentine · Zavelo v. Reeves · 1 Utah 2d 281 - Fife v. Fife · Waller v. Waller
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In deciding whether a particular debt of the bankrupt qualifies as alimony, maintenance or support so as to be nondis-chargeable in bankruptcy the bankruptcy court is confronted with two conflicting policy considerations, that of requiring the bankrupt to fulfill obligations to his ex-wife arising out of the broken marriage contract and that of giving the bankrupt a fresh start unencumbered by the burdens of preexisting debt arising from other contracts. Obviously, neither of these competing policy considerations should override the other.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It seems reasonable to conclude that for a debt to be nondischargeable under either Section 17a(7), ... or 11 U.S.C. § 523 (a)(5), payment of the debt must be reasonably necessary for the support and maintenance of spouse and children both at the time the debt was imposed in the divorce decree and at the time the discharge of the debt is attempted, or, in other words, at the time the bankruptcy petition of the debtor-spouse is filed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“... 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 property settlement agreement, but not to the extent that— . .. such debt includes a liability designated as alimony, maintenance, or support, unless such liability is actually in the nature, of alimony, maintenance, or support;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.