Singer Singer v. F Singer’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Gibson v. Gibson (In Re Gibson) (1998), 397 Pa. Super. 241 - Buccino v. Buccino (1990)
1 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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
Relies on Boddie v. Connecticut · De Sylva v. Ballentine · Cherry v. Cherry · Long v. Calhoun · Wolfe v. Wolfe
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.
“§ 523 Exceptions to discharge (a) A discharge under section 727, 1141, 1228(a), 1228(b), or 1328(b) of this title 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, determination made in accordance with state or territorial law by a governmental unit, or property settlement agreement, 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; ...”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) whether the intent of the state court or the parties was to create a support obligation; (2) whether the support provision has the actual effect of providing necessary support; (3) whether the amount of support is so excessive as to be unreasonable under traditional concepts of support; and (4) if the amount of support is unreasonable, how much of it should be characterized as nondischargeable for purposes of federal bankruptcy law.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(a) whether the intent of the state court or the parties was to create a support obligation; (b) whether the support provision has the actual effect of providing necessary support; (c) whether the amount of support is so excessive as to be unreasonable under traditional concepts of support; and (d) if the amount of support is unreasonable, how much of it should be characterized as nondischargeable for purposes of federal bankruptcy law.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.