Morel Morel v. J Morel’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently August 2016
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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 Williams v. Williams · Judge v. Production Credit Ass'n of the Midlands · Schwen's Inc George Benz Sons v. G Lovett H
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[ A] bankruptcy court must look beyond the language of the decree to the intent of the parties and the substance of the obligation to determine whether the obligation is actually in the nature of alimony, maintenance or support ... Congress, by directing federal courts to determine whether an obligation is actually in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support sought to ensure that § 523(a)(5)’s underlying policy is not undermined either by the treatment of the obligation under state law or by the label which the parties attach to the obligation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) whether the obligation terminates upon the death or remarriage of either spouse, upon any children reaching majority or upon some other similar event; (2) how the obligation is characterized in the parties’ settlement agreement or divorce decree, and the context in which it appears; (3) whether the payments appear to balance disparate income between the former spouses; (4) whether the payments are to be made directly to the spouse or to a third party; (5) whether the payment is payable in a lump sum or in installments over time; (6) whether the parties intended to create an obligation of support or to divide marital property; (7) whether an assumption of debt has the effect of providing necessary support to insure that the daily needs of the former spouse and any children of the marriage are met; (8) whether an assumption of debt has the effect of providing support necessary to insure a home for the non-debtor spouse and his or her minor children.”
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.