Forsdick v. Turgeon’s Empirical Analysis
812 F.2d 801 · 1987
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 4 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 114 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably Gianakas v. Gianakas (1990), In Re Sampson (1993)
20 federal appellate · 4 district · 10 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 Long v. Calhoun · Pauley v. Spong · Williams v. Williams · Charles Simms v. Hannah T Simms · Harrell v. Sharp
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 114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(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— (A) ...; (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.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) whether the obligation terminates on the death or remarriage of either spouse; (2) the characterization of the payment in the decree and the context in which the disputed provisions appear; (3) whether the payments appear to balance disparte [sic] income; (4) whether the payments are to be made directly to the spouse or to a third party; (5) whether the obligation is payable in lump sum or in installments over a period of time; (6) whether the parties intended to create an obligation of support; (7) whether an assumption of a debt has the effect of providing the support necessary to insure that the daily needs of the former spouse and any children of marriage are met; and (8) whether an assumption of debt has the effect of providing the support necessary to insure a home for the spouse and minor children.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Appellant] challenges the decision of the bankruptcy court that the [award] was `in the nature of alimony, maintenance or support'. We apply the `clearly erroneous' standard to review such a factual finding of the bankruptcy court.”
4 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.