Claditis v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(a) If an action * * * is commenced in the county in which the cause of action arose, process may be served upon the defendant * * * by having the sheriff of said county send by registered mail * * * a true and attested copy of the process: “(1) to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, accompanied by the fee prescribed by law, and “(2) to the defendant at his last known address * * * ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mariani v. Arsham · 162 F. Supp. 493 - Berkey v. Rockwell Spring & Axle Company

2. ““Since service was secured pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Non-Resident Motorist Act which requires that any suit instituted in the State Courts must be brought in the county in which the cause of action arose, it is contended that venue does not lie in the Western District, 75 P.S.Pa. § 1201, as modified by Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 2076-2082, 12 P.S.Appendix. ****** “In view of the fact that all the plaintiffs, in the case at bar, are residents of the Western District, it would appear that venue lies in this district in conformity with provision of United States law. The federal provision thus enunciated would bar plaintiffs from seeking relief in the federal courts in the Middle District, and it would prove an anomaly to remand the plaintiffs to the Middle District when venue would not lie.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Public School Building Authority ex rel. Vallamont Planing Mill Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.