Stowers v. Mahon’s Empirical Analysis
526 F.2d 1238 · 1976
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 6 district · 47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 187 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably In Re: Koreag, Controle Et Revision S.A. (1992), Lubbock Feed Lots, Inc. v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. (1980)
39 federal appellate · 6 district · 47 state decisions — followed in 19 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 7 U.S.C. § 181 (Packers and Stockyards Act)
Relies on Bank of Marin v. England · Mahon v. Stowers · Evans Products Co. v. Jorgensen · In Re Helms Veneer Corporation · 10 N.C. App. 619 - First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Academic Archives, Inc.
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 187 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) A purchaser of goods acquires all title which his or her transferor had or had power to transfer except that a purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased. A person with voidable title has power to transfer a good title to a good faith purchaser for value. When goods have been delivered under a transaction of purchase the purchaser has such power even though (a) the transferor was deceived as to the identity of the purchaser, or (b) the delivery was in exchange for a check which is later dishonored[.]”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Section 2.403 [quoted above] gives certain transferors power to pass greater title than they can themselves claim. Section 2.403(a) gives good faith purchasers of even fraudulent buyers-transferors greater rights than the defrauded seller can assert. This harsh rule is designed to promote the greatest range of freedom possible to commercial vendors and purchasers. “The provision anticipates a situation where (1) a cash seller has delivered goods to a buyer who has paid by a check which is subsequently dishonored, § 2.403(a)(2), (3), and where (2) the defaulting buyer transfers title to a Code-defined ‘good faith purchaser.’ . “The Code definition of ‘purchaser’ is broad, and includes not only one taking by sale but also covers persons taking by gift or voluntary mortgage, pledge or lien.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not sit as federal chancellors con-fecting ways to escape the state law of commercial transactions when that law produces a result not to our tastes. Doing what seems fair is heady stuff . . . Today’s heady draught may give the majority a euphoric feeling, but it can produce tomorrow’s hangover.”
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.