Long v. West’s Empirical Analysis
794 F.2d 928 · 1986
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably Combs v. Richardson (1988), Gianakas v. Gianakas (1990)
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 362 · 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Bowsher v. Merck & Co. · Shaver v. Shaver · Melichar v. Ost · In the Matter of Rodney Coil Appeal of Rodney Coil
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is actually in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The proper test of whether the payments are alimony lies in proof of whether it was the intention of the parties that the payments be for support rather than as a property settlement.”
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.