321 Ill. App. 3d 997 - Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Conry’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
September 2016
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on 304 Ill. App. 3d 586 - Zeitz v. Village of Glenview · In Re Tillery · In Re Hardage · Matter of Wiegert · In Re Hance
Most-quoted passages
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“In the instant case, the defendants signed Sears credit card sales receipts incorporating a security agreement by reference and granting Sears a security interest in the items purchased. By analogy with the cases cited above, the signed Sears credit card" receipts satisfied the Illinois statutory requirement of a signed security agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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