Blyth v. Marcus’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 2013
14 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 Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Rutherford v. Securities & Exchange Commission · Langley v. Pierce · PENNA. NAT'L MUT. CAS. INS. CO. v. Parker · Garner Ex Rel. Estate of Garner v. Houck
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A statute of limitations reduces the interval between the accrual and commencement of a right of action to a fixed period, thereby putting to rest claims after the passage of time. See 51 Am.Jur.2d Limitations on Actions § 15 (1970); Nowlin v. General Tel. Co., 310 S.C. 183, 186 , 426 S.E.2d 114, 116 (Ct.App.1992), aff'd, 314 S.C. 352 , 444 S.E.2d 508 (1994). This procedural device operates as a defense to limit the remedy available from an existing cause of action. Langley v. Pierce, 313 S.C. 401 , 438 S.E.2d 242 (1993) (citing Goad v. Celotex Corp., 831 F.2d 508, 511 (4th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 487 U.S. 1218 , 108 S.Ct. 2871 , 101 L.Ed.2d 906 (1988)). Unless an action is commenced before expiration of the limitations period, the plaintiffs claim is normally barred. See, e.g., McLain v. Ingram, 314 S.C. 359 , 444 S.E.2d 512 (1994).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(A) Civil actions may only be commenced within the periods prescribed in this title after the cause of action has accrued, except when, in special cases, a different limitation is prescribed by statute. (B) A civil action is commenced when the summons and complaint are filed with the clerk of court if actual service is accomplished within one hundred twenty days after filing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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