Houchard v. Berman’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
January 1979
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Northen v. Elledge · Cress v. Switzer · Fagerberg v. Denny
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.
““The interest called for in the note is the maximum allowed by law. (citations omitted) An agreement to pay maximum rate of interest in advance (except possibly where the loan is for a short term), would be an usurious agreement, * * *.” Houchard v. Berman, 79 Ariz. 381 , 290 P.2d 735 , 57 A.L.R.2d 627, 629 (1955).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If the face of the contract reflects a usurious charge, the intent will be presumed, otherwise the circumstances surrounding the transaction must show such intent.”
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.