Moore v. White Motor Credit Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently November 2001
2 federal appellate · 10 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 192nd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co. v. Rolf · Board of Insurance Commissioners v. Great Southern Life Insurance · Mirabal v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · Houston Sash and Door Co., Inc. v. Heaner · Agey v. American Liberty Pipe Line Company
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Moore and Caravan seek to enforce the penal provisions of the statute; we must, therefore, consider the statute as penal for the purpose of construing it. Board of Insurance Commissioners v. Great Southern Life Insurance Co., 150 Tex. 258 , 239 S.W.2d 803, 809 (1951). In Texas, a penal statute must be strictly construed against imposing the penalty. Agey v. American Liberty Pipe Line Co., 141 Tex. 379 , 172 S.W.2d 972, 974 (1943). A statute which provides penalties for excessive interest rates should be construed in such a way as to give the lender “the benefit of the legislative doubt against imposing the penalties imposed by the statute.” PJM, Inc. v. Walter Clark Advertising, Inc., 624 S.W.2d 282, 286 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1981, writ ref’d n.r.e.).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(a) Any person who violates this Subtitle by contracting for, charging or receiving interest, time-price differential or other charges which are greater than the amount authorized by this Subtitle, shall forfeit to the obligor twice the amount of interest or time-price differential in default and deferment charges contracted for, charged or received, and reasonable attorneys' fees fixed by the court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“We begin our consideration of this appeal by addressing [appellee’s] cross-point, which contends that as a matter of law a pleading cannot constitute a “charge” of interest within the meaning of Texas usury statutes. This contention is without merit.”
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.