MFA INC. v. Pointer’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Piggott State Bank v. Pollard Gin Co. · Ensminger v. Burton · Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Stone & Sons, Inc. · American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Co. v. Barker
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) the collateral is in the possession of the secured party ... or the debtor has signed a security agreement which contains a description of the collateral ...; (b) value has been given; and (c) the debtor has rights in the collateral.”
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.