Vance v. Blegan’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. ““It is true of course, that under T.C.A. § 20-226 (now 20-2-205) the Secretary is required to send a copy of the summons to the defendant together with written notice that service had been made and that under T.C.A. § 20-227 (now 20-2-206) service is not ‘consummate’ until the Secretary sends to the Clerk of the trial court the proper notification that service had been made and the defendant notified. But by the plain words of T.C.A. § 20-224 (now 20-2-203), and on the authority of Noseworthy v. Robinson, the only ‘service of process’ necessary is that on the Secretary of State, and notice to the defendant, though vital, is a separate matter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carr v. Borchers