Brown v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably Lewis v. ACB Business Services, Inc. (1998), 151 Ohio App. 3d 363 - Hoang v. Etrade Group, Inc. (2003)
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 27 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.
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) That the subject of a consumer transaction has sponsorship, approval, performance characteristics, accessories, uses, or benefits that it does not have; (2) That the subject of a consumer transaction is of a particular standard, quality, grade, style, prescription, or model, if it is not; (3) That the subject of a consumer transaction is new, or unused, if it is not; (4) That the subject of a consumer transaction is available to the consumer for a reason that does not exist; (5) That the subject of a consumer transaction has been supplied in accordance with a previous representation, if it has not, except that the act of a supplier in furnishing similar merchandise of equal or greater value as a good faith substitute does not violate this section; (6) That the subject of a consumer transaction will be supplied in greater quantity than the supplier intends; (7) That replacement or repair is needed, if it is not; (8) That a specific price advantage exists, if it does not; (9) That the supplier has a sponsorship, approval, or affiliation that the supplier does not have; (10) That a consumer transaction involves or does not involve a warranty, a disclaimer of warranties or other rights, remedies, or obligations if the representation is false.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a. Breaching an implied warranty of merchantability, as well as express warranties made to Defendants. (Not listed as a factor in R.C. 1345.03(B)); b. The supplier has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the consumer reasonably to protect his interest because of his physical or mental infirmities, ignorance, illiteracy, or an inability to understand the language of an agreement, R.C. 1345.03(B)(1); c. The supplier knew at the time that the consumer transaction was entered into, that the price was substantially in excess of the price of which similar property or services were readily obtainable in consumer transactions by like consumers, R.C. 1345.03(B)(2); d. The supplier knew at the time of the consumer transaction was entered into, the inability of the consumer to receive substantial benefit from the subject of the consumer transaction, R.C. 1345.03(B)(3); e. The supplier required the consumer to enter into a consumer transaction on terms the supplier knew were substantially one-sided in favor of the supplier, R.C. 1345.03(B)(5); f. The supplier knowingly made a misleading statement of opinion on which the consumer was likely to rely to his detriment, R.C. 1345.03(B)(6).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“12. Where a supplier has legal obligations to consumers, and where there are no valid legal defenses for not performing those obligations, a supplier who avoids or attempts to avoid those obligations commits a deceptive act and practice in violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, R.C. 1345.02(A). 13. A supplier in connection with a consumer transaction who consistently maintains a pattern of inefficiency, incompetency, or continually stalls and evades his legal obligations to consumers, commits an unconscionable act or practice in violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, R.C. 1345.03(A), providing an adequate legal basis for the award to the consumer of punitive damages in an action where such damages have been requested from the court. 16. Where a supplier in connection with a consumer transaction knowingly makes a misleading statement of opinion on which the consumer is likely to rely to his detriment, the supplier commits an unconscionable act or practice in violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, R.C. 1345.03(A).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.