Rovinski v. Rowe’s Empirical Analysis
131 F.2d 687 · 1942
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently January 2012 · most notably Grammenos v. C. M. Lemos (1972), 148 W. Va. 142 - Evans v. Farmer (1963)
17 federal appellate · 6 district · 7 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 Wagner v. International Railway Co. · State Ex Rel. Merritt v. Heffernan · Morrison v. Medaglia · Harris v. Township of Clinton · Cook v. Johnston
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(1) Upon an individual * * by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to him personally or by leaving copies thereof at his dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein or by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to an agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process. * * * “(7) * * * [I]t is also sufficient if the summons and complaint are served * * '* in the manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the service is made for the service of summons or other like process upon any such defendant.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Upon an individual other than an infant or incompetent, by mailing a copy of the summons and complaint to his dwelling house or usual place of abode or to the place where he regularly conducts his business’or profession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Paolino
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.