Van Gundy v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Thus, the first service of process upon W. M. Tynan & Co. was defective. Moreover, it was insufficient to toll any applicable statute of limitations. Burk-hardt v. Bates, 191 F.Supp. 149 (N.D., Iowa 1961); * * *. The second service of process upon this defendant was made in compliance with the Iowa nonresident motorist statute and, normally, would have been sufficient to confer jurisdiction upon this Court. In this instance, however, the service of process was not made until September 21, 1965. The accident giving rise to this cause of action occurred on September 6, 1963. Section 614.1 of the Iowa Code provides that all actions founded upon personal injuries must be brought within two years from the date the injury occurs. Since the service of process in this instance was made after that period of time, it has no legal effect. The applicable statute of limitations has run with respect to plaintiff’s claim against W, M. Tynan and Company. Thus, the part of plaintiff’s complaint seeking relief against W. M. Tynan and Company must be dismissed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matney v. Currier