Brushwood v. Citizens Bank’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions

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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A financing statement substantially complying with the requirements of this section is effective even though it contains minor errors which are not seriously misleading.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 8 Kan. App. 2d 255 - Records & Tapes, Inc. v. Argus, Inc. · Venn v. Roberts Supply, Inc. (In Re Nowling)

2. “(6) A financing statement sufficiently shows the name of the debtor if it gives the individual, partnership, or corporate name of the debtor, whether or not it adds other trade names or names of partners.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Heckathorn Construction Co. v. Bass Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (In Re Bass Mechanical Contractors, Inc.) · Venn v. Roberts Supply, Inc. (In Re Nowling)

3. “[under the majority decision] “potential creditors must undertake to discover trade names and to conduct additional searches in order to avoid a judicial determination that they lacked diligence. And even if they follow such precautions they might yet overlook one trade name and face potentially expensive litigation over whether they should have known about that trade name.” Id.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Bell v. AmeriTrust Co. (In Re Moore) · U.S. Cylinders, Inc. v. Vital Breathing Products, Inc. (In Re Vital Breathing Products, Inc.)