Clark v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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

1. “or by leaving such copies at his usual place of abode with some person of the family over fifteen years of age and informing such person of their contents.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sangmeister v. McElnea · 795 So. 2d 952 - Shurman v. Atlantic Mortg. & Inv. Corp.

2. “"In this holding we do not overlook State ex rel. Merritt v. Heffernan, 142 Fla. 496 , 195 So. 145 , 127 A.L.R. 1263 , and similar cases relied on by appellee. The facts in the latter case were materially different from those in the case at bar. There was every reason to presume that service left with Merritt's wife was conveyed to him, but here it is shown that it was not possible to communicate the service left with defendant's father to her. If means are available for defendant to secure the service when left with a member of the family, the Court will presume that it was brought to the attention of defendant, but not so when it is conclusively shown that it could not have been done."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 306 So. 2d 186 - Barnett Bank of Clearwater, NA v. Folsom

3. “The purpose of constructive or substituted service is to bring knowledge of the pending litigation to the defendant in order that he may appear and guard his interests.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 795 So. 2d 952 - Shurman v. Atlantic Mortg. & Inv. Corp.