Gresham v. Termplan Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
648 F.2d 312 · 1981
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin · Gloria Mason and Leroy Mason v. General Finance Corporation of Virginia, a Delaware Corporation, Gloria Mason and Leroy Mason v. General Finance Corporation of Virginia, a Delaware Corporation · Garrison v. Josephs · Blalock v. Aetna Finance Co.
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.
“Additional information. At the creditor’s ... option, additional information or explanations may be supplied with any disclosure required by this part, but none shall be stated, utilized, or placed so as to mislead or confuse the customer... or contradict, obscure, or detract attention from the information required by this part to be disclosed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(4% on the $400 excess). Is there then one finance charge, and if so is it $48 or $16 or the total of $64, or are there two finance charges? 25 Id. at 314. The deficiency lies in the use of the two identical subheadings”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“so as to mislead or confuse the customer ...”
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.