Sosa v. Fite’s Empirical Analysis
498 F.2d 114 · 1974
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 7 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 100 later decisions — most recently October 2009 · most notably Allied Finance Co. v. Garza (1981), Smith v. Chapman (1980)
47 federal appellate · 7 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1601 (§ 102 of the Truth in Lending Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1602 (§ 103 of the Truth in Lending Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1635 (§ 125 of the Truth in Lending Act)
Relies on Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · Sprage v. Ticonic Nat Bank · In re Kauffman Mutual Fund Actions · Smolowe v. Delendo Corp. · Capital Assistance Corp. v. United States
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 100 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clearly designed to restore the parties as much as possible to the status quo ante.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in the case of any successful action to enforce . . . (the Act, of) the costs of the action, together with a reasonable attorney's fee as determined by the court.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The creditor is required to remove cloud on the title of the debtor's residence within ten days. Then and only then is the debtor obligated to tender. After tender by the debtor, if the creditor fails to take possession of the property tendered `ownership of the property vests in the debtor without obligation to pay....' We hold that this statutory provision is intended as an impetus for the creditor to take immediate action to clear title and to fulfill its obligations. If not interpreted in this way, there is no stimulus for the creditor to comply with the statutory provisions requiring him to release the security interests within the ten day period." (emphasis added)”
2 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.