2009 UT App 331 - Pyper v. Bond’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “16 Furthermore, Utah courts are allowed to extend a redemption period or set aside a sheriff's sale after the period for redemption if”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pyper v. Bond · Bangerter v. Petty

2. “[i]f the inadequacy [of the price] is so gross as at onee to shock the conscience of all fair and impartial minds, if the sacrifice is such that every honest man would hesitate to take advantage of it, it may well be doubted whether every such case would be beyond the power of a court of equity to relieve against.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bangerter v. Petty · Meguerditchian v. Smith

3. “"[I]f the inadequacy of price is so gross as to shock the conscience, or if, in addition to gross inadequacy, the purchaser has been guilty of any unfairness, or has taken any undue advantage, or if the owner of the property or party interested has been for any other reason misled or surprised, then the sale will be regarded as fraudulent and void[able 5 ], or the party injured will be permitted to redeem the property sold. Great inadequacy requires only slight circumstances of unfairness in the conduct of the party benefited by the sale to raise the presumption of fraud."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bangerter v. Petty