Sanchez v. James’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[D]ue process of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States is not denied the owner of real estate by the lack of any provision for personal service on him of notice of the pendency of a proceeding in rem authorized by statute to enforce the lien acquired by a purchaser of the property at a tax sale, where notice is given by publication to all persons interested in the property to appear and set up their claims. In that case Justice Day, delivering the opinion of the Court, pointed out that tax foreclosure proceedings are not actually proceedings against parties, but the statute undertakes to proceed in rem by making the real estate answer for the public dues, and the primary object of the statute is to reach the real estate which has been assessed.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lippert v. Jung · ROYAL PLAZA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. v. Bonds

2. “However, there was no allegation or proof that complainant furnished the former address for the purpose of fraud or deception. As a matter of fact, complainant’s attorney obtained the address from the margin of the record of defendants’ deed, which was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in January, 1941. Complainant’s attorney also looked in the assessment book in the office of the County Treasurer, but there was no address opposite the description of the property in controversy, although the address did appear opposite the description of property two items above. It is our conclusion that there was no fraud in the conduct of the proceedings, and defendants failed to show that the Circuit Court lacked jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 83 Md. App. 599 - St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church v. Aggarwal

3. ““In other words, the legislature has declared that the public interest in marketable titles to property purchased at tax sales outweighs considerations of individual hardship in every case, except upon a showing of lack of jurisdiction or fraud in the conduct of the foreclosure.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lippert v. Jung