Brennan v. W. A. Wills, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
263 F.2d 1 · 1959
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently December 1973
7 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Johnson · 93 Cal. App. 2d 698 - Hardy v. Musicraft Records, Inc. · Illinois Building Co. v. Patterson · 44 N.J. Super. 227 - Manna v. Pirozzi · Bush v. Hillman Land Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Title to a certificate and to shares represented thereby can be transferred only (1) By delivery of the certificate endorsed either in blank or to a specified person appearing by the certificate to be the owner of the shares represented thereby; or (2) By delivery of the certificate and a separate document containing a written assignment of the certificate (3) . . . (emphasis supplied) [[Image here]] An attempted transfer of title to a certificate or to the shares represented thereby without delivery of the certificate shall have the effect of a promise to transfer and the obligation, if any, imposed by such a promise shall be determined by the law governing the formation and performance of contracts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pedersen v. Brantner
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.