Boyle v. Donovan’s Empirical Analysis
724 F.2d 681 · 1984
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 113 later decisions — most recently May 2013 · most notably Harrell v. Sharp (1985), Yeates v. Yeates (1986)
18 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 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 Williams v. Williams
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 113 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n deciding whether to characterize an agreement as an alimony, maintenance or support obligation or a property settlement, the bankruptcy court does not examine the present situation of the parties. Rather, the crucial question is what function did the parties intend the agreement to serve when they entered into it. See In re Williams, 703 F.2d 1055, 1057 (8th Cir.1983).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Husband agrees to pay all the college and professional school education expenses of said two minor children, which shall include, but not be limited to tuition, books, supplies, room and board, and a reasonable amount for spending money.... ””
1 later decision 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.