Kaplan v. Ruffin’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
4
states following
June 2003
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schmidt & Wilson, Inc. v. Carneal · Seward v. New York Life Insurance
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The reason for [the] rule [is] apparent. A trustee can sell only what he has. In the case of a trustee under a second deed of trust he must sell subject to prior liens. Therefore, the purchaser taking subject to prior liens pays what he thinks the property is worth over and above those liens.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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