Martin v. Cook

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding conversion theory unpersuasive when defendant “clearly had a contractual right to” repossess plaintiff’s truck
• holding under Mississippi law, “[t]he principal test [for breach of the peace] is whether the repossession was peaceable, or required the use of force or threats as to the buyer or his representative”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hester v. Bandy
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-02· cited 52×
• Ivy v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 50×
• Robert Butler v. Ford Motor Credit Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-10-16· cited 16×
• Rivera v. Dealer Funding, LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-04-15· cited 15×
• Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Osborne
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-01-31· cited 14×
• Vélez Cuebas v. Cancel
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1963-04-29· cited 9×
• MISS. COM'N ON JUDICAL PERFORM. v. Osborne
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-01-31· cited 4×
• Robert Bowman v. Chrysler Credit Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-07-10· cited 3×
• McDowell v. James Talcott, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-02-22· cited 3×
• Austin v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1960-12-12
• Mullen v. American Honda Finance Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-03-20

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• DEARMAN v. Williams
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1959-02-23· cited 14×
• KIRKWOOD v. Hickman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-03-07· cited 11×
• FURCHES MOTOR CO. v. Anderson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1952-12-15· cited 8×