Selby v. England’s Empirical Analysis
588 F.2d 717 · 1978
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Parker v. Community First Bank (1997), Ucc v. Martin Grinding & Machine Works Inc Forest Park National Bank (1986)
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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.
Relationships
Relies on Nolden v. Plant Reclamation
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unable to convert a clear and unambiguous designation of personal property located in a specific place into a description of all of the debtor’s personal property wherever situated.” Id. Although the disputed security agreements and financing statements in this case use the words”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"All of the furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, inventory, and accounts receivable ... located at: California Pump & Manufacturing Co., Inc. 436 Rozzi Place So. San Francisco, CA 94080””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The creditor argues that any defect in the description of the collateral can be cured by the introduction of parole evidence and reformation of the security agreement. % sfc sfc * * if: The approach urged by the creditor would prove detrimental not only to the goals of § 9203 but also to the fundamental goal that Article IX of the Uniform Commercial Code, adopted by California, is intended to promote. As expressed in the comment to § 9101: “The aim of this Article is to provide a simple and unified structure within which the immense variety of present day financing transactions can go forward with less cost and with greater certainty.” We would detract from commercial certainty were we to disregard the parties’ written instruments and determine commercial relationships according to parole evidence. Thus we hold that parole evidence may not be admitted to reform the instant security agreement. Id.”
1 later decision 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.