In re Excel Stores, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
341 F.2d 961 · 1965
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 9 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions — most recently May 2004 · most notably Brushwood v. Citizens Bank (1981), Van Dusen Acceptance Corp. v. Gough (1972)
27 federal appellate · 9 district · 10 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 Benedict v. Ratner · Benedict v. Ratner · General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Haley
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(5) A financing statement substantially complying with the requirements of this section is effective even though it contains minor errors which are not seriously misleading.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) A financing statement is sufficient if it is signed by the debtor and the secured party, gives an address of the secured party from which information concerning the security interest may be obtained, gives a mailing address of the debtor and contains a statement indicating the types, or describing the items, of collateral 6 ______ 7 * * * 8”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“give the minimum information necessary to put any searcher on inquiry.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.