O'BRIEN v. Chandler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 state decisions

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A security interest arising solely under the Article on Sales (Article 2) is subject to the provisions of this Article except that to the extent that and so long as the debtor does not have or does not lawfully obtain possession of the goods (a) no security agreement is necessary to make the security interest enforceable; and (b) no filing is required to perfect the security interest; and (c) the rights of the secured party on default by the debtor are governed by the Article on Sales (Article 2).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 805 F. Supp. 133 - Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. v. HFH USA Corp.

2. “Section [2-403] gives certain transferors power to pass greater title than they can themselves claim. Section [2-403(1)] gives good faith purchasers of even fraudulent buyers-transferors greater rights than the defrauded seller can assert. This harsh rule is designed to promote the greatest range of freedom possible to commercial vendors and purchasers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Continental Grain Co. v. Heritage Bank