Chaney v. Fields Chevrolet Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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6 district · 11 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Such a suit is nothing but a simple in personam action for that part of the sales price which remains unpaid after the seller has exhausted his rights under Article 9 by selling the collateral; it is an action to enforce the obligation of the buyer to pay the full sale price to the seller, an obligation which is an essential element of all sales and which exists whether or not the sale is accompanied by a security arrangement. Thus ... a deficiency action must be considered more closely related to the sales aspect of a combination sales-security agreement rather than to its security aspect and be controlled by the four-year limitation in... § 2-725.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DaimlerChrysler Services North America, LLC v. Ouimette

2. “one who wrongfully conceals material facts and thereby prevents discovery ... of the fact that a cause of action has accrued against him is not permitted to assert the statute of limitations as a bar to an action against him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Duncan v. Nissan N. Am., Inc.