Hicklin v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
226 F.2d 410 · 1955
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 5 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably Combs v. Nick Garin Trucking (1987), Armco, Inc. v. Penrod-Stauffer Building Systems, Inc. (1984)
24 federal appellate · 5 district · 18 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Mechanical Appliance Co. v. Castleman · Earle v. McVeigh · Webster v. Reid · James Nations and Joseph Nations v. Nancy Ann Johnson and James Johnson · Wise v. Herzog
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a signed return of service constitutes prima facie evidence of valid service which can be overcome only by strong and convincing evidence”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons. . .; (4) the judgment is void;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[n]o showing of merits is necessary in support of a motion to vacate a void judgment'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.