Lange v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Mississippi Valley Development Corp. v. Colonial Enterprises, Inc. (1974), Buysse v. Baumann-Furrie & Co. (1989)
54 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 Hentschel v. Smith · Nelson v. Glenwood Hills Hospitals, Inc. · Union Bank of Richmond v. Commissioners of Oxford · 111 F. Supp. 150 - Kerner v. Rackmill · Beede v. Nides Finance Corp.
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] void judgment is one where the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter or over the parties,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Kromer v. Sullivan · Matter of MAC““On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment (other than a divorce decree), order, or proceeding and may order a new trial or grant such other relief as may be just for the following reasons: (1) Mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Rule 59.03; (3) fraud (whether heretofore denominated intrinsic or extrinsic), misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party; (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated, or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application; or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment. * * *””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A judgment entered without due service of process is absolutely void, not merely irregular or erroneous. Generally, an erroneous judgment or one founded on some irregularity is voidable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Andrasko
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.