Unico v. Owen

How courts have described this case

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

• N.J.S.A. 12A:2-302 authorizes the court to refuse to enforce any consumer contract clause which it finds unconscionable
• note holder who has knowledge of seller’s standardized contract may not be holder-in-due-course of consumer’s note because holder took note without good faith
• N.J.S.A. 12A:2-302 authorizes the court to refuse to enforce any consumer contract clause which it finds unconscionable
• note holder who has knowledge of seller's standardized contract may not be holder-in-due-course of consumer's note because holder took note without good faith
• consumer sale of stereo and record album package; financier not holder in due course because not a good faith purchaser where it participated in the underlying transaction
• “[Cjonsumer goods contracts and their concurrent financing arrangements should be construed most strictly against the seller ... and against the finance company which participated in the transaction, directly or indirectly”

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Cited by

80 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Vasquez v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1971-05-10· cited 453×
• Henry v. New Jersey Department of Human Services
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2010-12-10· cited 227×
• Morrow v. New Moon Homes, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-03-26· cited 134×
• Glaire v. La Lanne-Paris Health Spa, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1974-12-02· cited 75×
• King v. South Jersey National Bank
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1974-12-10· cited 68×
• Gladden v. Cadillac Motor Car Division
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-06-30· cited 56×
• Rehurek v. Chrysler Credit Corporation
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-05-17· cited 47×
• Arcanum National Bank v. Hessler
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1982-03-03· cited 46×
• Academy Spires, Inc. v. Brown
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1970-07-13· cited 38×
• Mulcahy v. Indianapolis Morris Plan Corp. (In Re Mulcahy)
  S.D. Indiana· 1980-03-28· cited 37×
• Raymond Whitlock, George Tree and Lily Tree v. Midwest Acceptance Corporation and Oliver Auto Sales, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-05-02· cited 31×
• Schranz v. I. L. Grossman, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-11-07· cited 31×
• Fairfield Credit Corp. v. Donnelly
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1969-12-09· cited 30×
• Funding Consultants, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-07-27· cited 29×
• First National Acceptance Co. v. Bishop
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-02-09· cited 29×
• Nat'l Prem. Budget Plan Corp. v. Nat'l Fire Ins.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1967-09-13· cited 29×
• Academy Spires, Inc. v. Jones
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1970-01-22· cited 29×
• Morgan v. Reasor Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1968-12-12· cited 27×
• Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1973-04-11· cited 23×
• Berríos Arroyo v. Tito Zambrana Auto, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1989-02-13· cited 23×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ora Lee Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company, William Thorne v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1965-08-11· cited 460×
• United States v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1942-02-16· cited 165×
• Quality Finance Co. v. Hurley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-03-06· cited 43×
• Dearborn Motors Credit Corporation v. Neel
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1959-04-11· cited 37×
• Mutual Finance Co. v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1953-03-10· cited 37×
• San Francisco Securities Corp. v. Phoenix Motor Co.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1923-11-21· cited 20×
• State Nat. Bank of El Paso, Tex. v. Cantrell
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1943-07-29· cited 17×
• Buffalo Industrial Bank v. De Marzio
  Buffalo City Court· 1937-05-04· cited 16×
• Local Acceptance Company v. Kinkade
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1962-11-14· cited 13×
• International Finance Corporation v. Rieger
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1965-08-27· cited 10×
• Industrial Credit Company v. Mike Bradford & Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-07-27· cited 8×

Other cases named Unico v. Owen

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Unico v. Owen
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1966-05-17