87 Cal. App. 4th 615 - Darrel Franklin v. USX Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 62 Cal. 2d 861 - Parsons v. Bristol Development Co. · 69 Cal. 2d 33 - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co. · 19 Cal. 3d 22 - Ray v. Alad Corp. · 64 Cal. App. 4th 904 - Morey v. Vannucci · Polius 85-3392 v. Clark Equipment Company 85-3393
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It has been generally stated that “where one corporation sells or transfers all of its assets to another corporation, the latter is not liable for the debts and liabilities of the former unless (1) the purchaser expressly or impliedly agrees to such assumption, (2) the transaction amounts to a consolidation or merger of the two corporations, (3) the purchasing corporation is merely a continuation of the selling corporation, or (4) the transaction is entered into fraudulently to escape liability for debts.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) was the consideration paid for the assets solely stock of the purchaser [or] its parent; (2) did the purchaser continue the same enterprise after the sale; (3) did the shareholders of the seller become the shareholders of the purchasers; (4) did the seller liquidate; and (5) did the buyer assume the liabilities necessary to carry on the business of the seller? 28”
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.