Smith v. Starnes’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
April 1996
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · BW Acceptance Corporation v. Spencer · Wiles v. Welparnel Const. Co., Inc. · Estrada v. Burnham · Guthrie v. Ray
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`[W]here a statute provides for service of summons or notices in the progress of a cause by certain persons or by designated methods, the specified requirements must be complied with or there is no valid service.'" Guthrie v. Ray, 293 N.C. 67, 69 , 235 S.E.2d 146, 148 (1967) (quoting S. Lowman v. Ballard & Co., 168 N.C. 16, 18 , 84 S.E. 21, 22 (1915)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.