Riley v. Abrams’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably National Glass, Inc. v. J.C. Penney Properties, Inc. (1994), Bennett Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. v. NationsBank (1995)
27 state decisions
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 Washington Homes, Inc. v. Interstate Land Development Co. · Barry Properties v. Fick Bros. Roofing Co. · Rapid Motor Lines, Inc. v. Cox · Supervisor of Assessments v. Southgate Harbor · Montgomery County Board of Education Ex Rel. Carrier Corp. v. Glassman Construction Co.
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he common object of the mechanics' lien law and of the Little Miller Act is the protection of those who furnish labor and materials in construction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Notice required to entitle subcontractor to lien.— (1) A subcontractor doing work or furnishing materials or both for or about a building other than a single family dwelling being erected on the owner’s land for his own residence is not entitled to a lien under this subtitle unless, within 90 days after doing the work or furnishing the materials, the subcontractor gives written notice of an intention to claim a lien substantially in the form specified in subsection (b) of this section. * * * * * * (c) Notice by mail or personal delivery. — The notice is effective if given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or personally delivered to the owner by the claimant or his agent. * * * * sic * (e) Notice by posting. — If notice cannot be given on account of absence or other causes, the subcontractor, or his agent, in the presence of a competent witness and within 90 days, may place the notice on the door or other front part of the building. Notice by posting according to this subsection is sufficient in all cases where the owner of the property has died and his successors in title do not appear on the public records of the county. (f) Payments by owner to contractor after notice; limitation on lien against certain single family dwellings. — (1) On receipt of notice given under this section, the owner may withhold, from sums due the contractor, the amount the owner ascertains to be due the subcontractor giving the notice. (2) If the subcontractor giving not”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““At the session of the General Assembly next following the decision in Grubbs [v. Prince George’s Co., 267 Md. 318 , 297 A.2d 754 (1972)], the mechanics’ lien law was amended, as italicized, to read that the subcontractor ‘shall give notice in writing, which may include registered mail, to such owner____’ Ch. 305, Acts of 1972; Code (1957, 1973 Repl. Vol., 1973 Supp.), Art. 21, § 9-103(a). Since the General Assembly is presumed to be acquainted with the prior decisions of this Court and to have acted accordingly, Supervisor of Assessments of Anne Arundel County v. Southgate Harbor, 279 Md. 586, 591-92 , 369 A.2d 1053, 1056 (1977), the inclusion in the mechanics’ lien law of registered mail as an expressly authorized manner of giving notice is strongly indicative of a legislative intent that a notice sent by registered mail within the statutory period complies even though receipt occurs beyond the statutory period.” (footnote omitted.)”
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.