Schauss v. Garner’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on American Bank of Commerce v. Covolo · 158 Ind. App. 394 - White v. Household Finance Corporation · D. W. Jaquays & Co. v. First Security Bank · Shaffer v. Davidson · 119 Ga. App. 806 - Reeves v. Hunnicutt
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Impairment of recourse or of collateral. — (1) The holder discharges any party to the instrument to the extent that without such party’s consent the holder [[Image here]] (b) unjustifiably impairs any collateral for the instrument given by or on behalf of the party or any person against whom he has a right of recourse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[Creditor] shall be under no obligation to apply to the payment [of this note] any funds or property belonging to any party liable thereon which may at any time be in its possession, and failure to make such application shall not affect the liability of any party hereto.... ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.