Burkhardt v. Bates’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * Any default judgment based on that service would not have been permitted to stand. The plaintiff then, in substance, abandoned that notice and caused a new summons to be issued, which summons was properly served on the defendants in the State of Iowa under the Iowa Nonresident Motorists Service Act, but that summons was not delivered to the Marshal until December 27, 1960, which was more than two years after the plaintiff's action accrued.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mabel Groninger v. Merrill E. Davison

2. ““Actions may be brought within the times herein limited, respectively, after their causes accrue, and not afterwards, * * * “3. * * * Those founded on injuries to the person or reputation, including injuries to relative rights, whether based on contract or tort, or for a statute penalty, within two years.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Vick Chemical Company

3. ““For the purpose of determining whether an action has been commenced within the time allowed by statutes for limitation of actions, the filing of the original notice with the secretary of state shall be deemed a commencement of the action.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Vick Chemical Company