In re Sewell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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

1. ““On the one band, tbe unrecorded lien is upheld as against creditors who cannot be presumed to have given credit upon the faith of the property held in lien. On the other hand, creditors who may be presumed on such faith to have given credit are protected, as against the secret lien, in the rights which they secure hy their diligence in the levy of their execution or attach-, ment."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Ducker · In re Watson

2. ““Sec. 496. No deed of trust or mortgage conveying a legal or equitable title to real or personal estate shall be valid against a purchaser for a valuable consideration, without notice thereof, or against creditors, until such deeds shall be acknowledged or proved according to law, and lodged for record.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Ducker

3. ““In the very nature of things, it is only subsequent creditors without notice who have in some way got a hold on the property that are in the contemplation of the statute. Without such a hold, they are not in a position to raise an issue with the holder of the unrecorded deed or mortgage.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Ducker