Long v. Calhoun’s Empirical Analysis
715 F.2d 1103 · 1983
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 10 district · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 437 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Harrell v. Sharp (1985), Gianakas v. Gianakas (1990)
50 federal appellate · 10 district · 48 state decisions — followed in 19 states
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
Relies on Boddie v. Connecticut · National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · De Sylva v. Ballentine · Pauley v. Spong
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 437 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the bankruptcy court finds, as a threshold matter, that assumption of the debts [or, in this case, monthly payments] was intended as support it must next inquire whether such assumption has the effect of providing the support necessary to ensure that the daily needs of the former spouse and any children of the marriage are satisfied. The distribution or existence of other property, for example, may make the continuing assumption of joint debts unnecessary for support, as might drastic changes in the former spouse’s capabilities for self-support. Substance must prevail over form.”
55 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(a) A discharge under section 727 ... 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 ..., but not to the extent that— (B) such debt includes a liability designated as alimony, maintenance, or support, unless such liability is actually in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support....”
52 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A discharge under section 727, 1141,, [sic] 1228(a), 1228(b), or 1328(b) of this title does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— V (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....”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.