Hall v. Garson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions

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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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, there shall be exempt from the lien set out in Section 1 above, the following: (1) all wearing apparel, (2) all tools, apparatus and books belonging to any trade or profession, (3) school books, (4) one automobile and one truck, (5) family library and all family portraits and pictures, (6) household furniture to the extent of one couch, two living room chairs, dining table and chairs, (7) all beds and bedding, (8) all kitchen furniture and utensils, (9) all food and foodstuffs, (10) all medicine and other medical supplies, (11) all goods known by the landlord or his agent to belong to persons other than the tenant or other occupants of such dwelling, (12) all goods known by the landlord or his agent to be subject to a recorded chattel mortgage lien or financing agreement, and (13) all agricultural implements.” “. . . Sec. 4. A contractual landlord’s lien shall not be enforceable unless underlined or printed in conspicuous bold print in the rental agreement. “Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any landlord or his agent to seize any property exempt under Section 2 above, under any circumstances. It shall be unlawful for a landlord or his agent to seize any property not exempt under Section 2 above, unless pursuant to the terms of a written rental agreement between the landlord and the tenant . . . ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 447 F. Supp. 478 - Jacobs v. Huie