71 Cal. App. 3d 809 - Komas v. Future Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably 68 Cal. App. 4th 1062 - Burlesci v. Petersen (1998), Baystate Drywall, Inc. v. Chicopee Savings Bank (1982)
2 federal appellate · 13 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 · Evans v. Everett · In the Matter of Numeric Corp Appeal of Russell E Blank · In Re Fibre Glass Boat Corporation · 334 F. Supp. 94 - In Re Carmichael Enterprises, Inc.
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] security interest is not enforceable against the debtor or third parties with respect to the collateral and does not attach unless all of the following are applicable: (a) The collateral is in the possession of the secured party pursuant to agreement, the collateral is investment property and the secured party has control pursuant to agreement, or the debtor has signed a security agreement which contains a description of the collateral ---- (b) Value has been given, (c) The debtor has rights in the collateral.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“No special form is necessary to create or provide for a security interest. [Citation.] It is sufficient if the parties use language which leads to the conclusion that it was the intention of the parties that a security interest be created. [Citations.] In the present case, the financing statement, loan application, promissory note and other documents, taken together, establish that there was an agreement to create or provide for a security interest. [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“No special form is necessary to create or provide for a security interest [In re Amex-Protein Development Corp. (9th Cir.1974) 504 F.2d 1056, 1058 .] It is sufficient if the parties use language which leads to the conclusion that it was the intention of the parties that a security interest be created. [In re Amex-Protein Development Corp., supra, 504 F.2d at p. 1059, 4 Anderson, Uniform Commercial Code (2d ed. 1971) § 9-203:7, pp. 157-158.]”
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.