Rorick v. Devon Syndicate, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
307 U.S. 299 · 1939
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2012 · most notably Beck v. Washington (1962), Niemotko v. State of Maryland Kelley (1951)
29 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedDoherty v. Cremering (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Henry Toland v. Horatio Sprague · General Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co. · Big Vein Coal Co. v. Read · Clark v. Wells · Ex parte Railway 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An action shall be deemed to be commenced within the meaning of this chapter, as to each defendant, at the date of the summons which is served on him or on a co-defendant who is a joint contractor, or otherwise united in interest with him. When service'by publication is proper the action shall be deemed to be commenced at the date of the first publication, if it be regularly made.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A civil action must be commenced by filing in the office of the Clerk , of the proper court a petition, and causing a summons to be issued thereon.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““7. Under Ohio law an order of attachment issued prior to the filing of petition and issuance of summons is void, but an order of attachment issued after filing of petition and the issuance of summons but prior to commencement of service by publication is valid though personal service is not had. 8. Under Ohio law, where petition was filed, summons was issued, and affidavits in attachment and garnishment were filed on the same day, the attachments and garnishment were not premature or void because obtained prior to personal service or before commencement of service by publication.””
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.