127 N.C. App. 488 - Glover v. Farmer’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently February 2025
24 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Sink v. Easter · 57 N.C. App. 305 - Roshelli v. Sperry · 76 N.C. App. 102 - Davis Ex Rel. Davis v. Maryland Casualty Co. · Sheffield v. Walker · 430 F. Supp. 844 - M. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc. v. Austin
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well established that a court may obtain personal jurisdiction over a defendant only by the issuance of summons and service of process by one of the statutorily specified methods.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Absent valid service of process, a court does not acquire personal jurisdiction over the defendant and the action must be dismissed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“11. [Plaintiffs' attorney]'s Affidavit acknowledges in Paragraph 16, that he learned . . . that no copy of Summons and Complaint was delivered to Jean-Louise Dixon by the deputy, but rather was delivered to her husband at their place of business . . . ; . . . 14. No copy of the Summons and Complaint in this action has been delivered to Defendant, Jean-Louise Dixon in the manner required by Rule 4(j)(1)a. [sic] of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, nor has a copy of Summons and Complaint been left at her dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein; 15. No copy of Summons and Complaint has been delivered to an agent authorized by appointment or by law to be served or to accept service of process on behalf of Defendant, Jean-Louise Dixon; 16. No copy of Summons and Complaint has been delivered to Defendant, Jean-Louise Dixon by registered or certified mail, by a designated delivery service authorized pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7502 (f)(2) or by signature confirmation as provided by the United States Postal Service; 17. The record herein establishes by clear and convincing evidence that Summons and Complaint in this action have not been properly and effectively served upon the Defendant, Jean-Louise Dixon, as required by North Carolina law, and any presumption that might otherwise arise under the circumstances has been rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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