Ralfs v. Mowry’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Benson v. Richardson · Howard v. Schildberg Const. Co., Inc. · Decorah State Bank v. Zidlicky · First National Bank in Fairfield v. Frescoln Farms, Ltd. · Graham v. Henry
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inadequacy of consideration, the trans-feror’s insolvency, pendency or threat of third-party creditor litigation, secrecy or concealment, departure from usual business methods, reservation of benefits to the transferor, and the debtor’s retention of the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[O]rdinarily a debtor may prefer one creditor over another, 'even if the debtor's intentions ... are spiteful and the action will delay or prevent the nonpreferred creditor from obtaining payment.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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