235 N.C. App. 6 - Dowd v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 7502
Relies on 107 N.C. App. 87 - MacK v. Moore · 114 N.C. App. 632 - Dodd v. Steele · 165 N.C. App. 575 - Barnes v. Wells · 44 N.C. App. 584 - Fountain v. Patrick · Dickerson Carolina, Inc. v. Harrelson
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]ervice of process [of a divorce decree] by publication is void ... if the information required for personal service is within the plaintiff's actual knowledge or with due diligence could be ascertained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“statutes authorizing service of process by publication are strictly construed ... in determining whether service has been made in conformity with the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether the defendant was actually subject to service by publication-meaning that plaintiff exercised due diligence as required by Rule 4(j1)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.