United States v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
736 F.2d 1195 · 1984
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 631 (Business Opportunity Development Reform Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Houltin v. United States · Barrett v. United States · United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co. · United States v. Willis · Austad v. United States
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Article 2 of the U.C.C. which applies to the sale of goods imposes a higher standard of good faith, requiring not only honesty in fact, but 'observance of reasonable commercial standards' as well.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In actions on guaranties of SBA loans involving defenses other than unreasonable sale after default by the SBA, the courts have not imposed a duty of commercial reasonableness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“guaranty ... expressly empowered the SBA ... to consent to a total release of the security without notice to [guarantors]”
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.