Brenner v. Rubin’s Empirical Analysis

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3 district ·

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.

1. ““Except as provided in section five, every non-resident doing business in the commonwealth shall file a certificate with the clerk of each city or town where he does business, setting forth his full name, address and place of business and the trade name under which he does business, and also a statement whereby he appoints the clerk of each such city or town, or his succssor in office, his true and lawful agent upon whom all lawful processes may be served in any action arising out of such business in this commonwealth. If such person fails to appoint an agent and does business in this commonwealth, service of process may be made upon the clerk of any city or town where such business is conducted. When legal process against any such por-son is served upon such clerk, a copy of such process shall forthwith be sent by registered mail with a return receipt requested by the plaintiff to the defendant at his last known address. The plaintiff’s affidavit of compliance herewith, and the defendant’s return receipt, if received by the plaintiff, or other proof of actual notice shall be filed in the case on or before the return day of the process or within such further time as the court may allow. The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. As amended St.1964, c. 413.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hall v. Rubin