Stout v. Prussel’s Empirical Analysis
691 F.2d 859 · 1982
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Shaver v. Shaver (1984), Brody v. Brody (1993)
17 federal appellate · 2 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 Federal Communications Commission v. Home Box Office, Inc. · Warner v. Warner (In Re Warner) · Waller v. Waller · Kathleen Poolman v. William F. Poolman, Bankrupt
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the right to a discharge is a matter generally left to the sound discretion of the bankruptcy judge, we disturb this determination only if we find a gross abuse of discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Day v. Topsnik · Cox v. Lansdowne“Prior to enactment of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, courts uniformly applied state law to determine whether an obligation was in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support. E.g. In re Albin, 591 F.2d 94 (9th Cir.1979); In re Waller, 494 F.2d 447 (6th Cir.1974). However, in enacting the Code, Congress dictated that the determination should be made by application of federal rather than state law. H.R.Rep. No. 595, 95th Cong., 2d Sess., 364, reprinted in U.S. Code and Ad.News. Stout v. Prussel, 691 F.2d 859 (9th Cir.1982).”
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. Stedman v. Pederson
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.