152 Md. App. 229 - White v. Simard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 25 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘Trustees acting under a power of sale contained in a deed of trust have discretion to outline the manner and terms of sale, providing their actions are consistent with the deed of trust and the goal of securing the best obtainable price: ‘While the discretion in the manner and terms of sale, lodged in the trustee under the terms of the deed of trust, is contractual, and gives a wider latitude to the trustee than that ordinarily allowed trustees making sales under orders or decrees of the court, yet such discretion has never been held to be unlimited. When a sale is attacked, it must be shown that the trustee did not abuse the discretion reposed in him, and that the sale was made under such circumstances as may be fairly calculated to bring the best obtainable price....’””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maddox v. Cohn · Simard v. White

2. “[BJidders are or should be aware of terms ... published or announced. A bid need not repeat such termfs]; it is understood as embodying them. Hence the bidder is held to the published or announced terms even though he may have neglected to read them or may have arrived at the auction after the announcement was made.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 Md. App. 388 - Thomas v. Dore · 156 Md. App. 333 - Heartwood 88, Inc. v. Montgomery County

3. ““reports to the Court the offer of the bidder for the property; if the offer is accepted, the sale is ratified, and thereupon, and not sooner, the contract of sale becomes complete. Before ratification the transaction is merely an offer to purchase which has not been accepted.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 222 Md. App. 557 - Greentree Series V, Inc. v. Hofmeister · 197 Md. App. 91 - Zorzit v. 915 W. 36th Street, LLC