Wright v. Vinton Branch of Mountain Trust Bank’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

290 federal appellate · 63 district · 48 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 908 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) The right to retain the lien until the indebtedness thereby secured is paid. (2) The right to realize upon the security by a judicial public sale. (3) The right to determine when such sale shall be held, subject only to the discretion of the court. (4) The right to protect its interest in the property by bidding at such sale whenever held, and thus to assure having the mortgaged property devoted primarily to the satisfaction of the debt, either through receipt of the proceeds of a fair competitive sale or by taking the property itself. (5) The right to control meanwhile the. property during the period of default, subject only to the discretion of the court, and to have the rents and profits collected by a receiver for the satisfaction of the debt.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Harris' Estate · Fort Worth Mortgage Corp. v. Cantrup (In Re Cantrup)

2. ““The question is not whether the Act does more than modify remedial rights. It is whether the legislation modifies the secured creditors rights, remedial or substantive, to such an extent as to deny the due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.” (emphasis supplied)”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sams v. Avco Financial Services (In Re Sams) · Rodrock v. Security Industrial Bank

3. “The Congress shall have Power * * * (t)o establish * * * uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In the Matter of Willis R. Gifford and Jacqueline M. Gifford, Bankrupts-Appellees, Appeal of Thorp Finance Corporation, Creditor-Appellant. United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee · Bailey v. CIT (In re Bailey)