Stubbs v. Cummings’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is the function of the legislature to prescribe the system of imposing and collecting taxes and in the case of ad valorem real estate taxes the ultimate resort to collecting the taxes is to the land itself regardless of what legal or equitable interests in the land are outstanding. The legislature has not seen fit to impose upon the county officials involved in tax deed procedures a duty to ascertain the status of owners of property by a search of all public records which might reveal same, but rather rely upon the tax rolls or tax collector receipt books or other information that is directly furnished them by interested parties.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 503 So. 2d 1308 - Levy v. Ippolito · 540 So. 2d 908 - Alwani v. Slocum

2. “An elementary ¡and fundamental requirement of due process in any proceeding which is to be accorded finality is notice reasonably calculated, under all the circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the action and afford them an opportunity to present their objections.... [W]hen notice is a person’s due, process which is a mere gesture is not due process. The means employed must be such as one desirous of actually informing the absentee might reasonably adopt to accomplish it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Consolidated Return of the Tax Claim Bureau · Glyder Realty Corp. Appeal

3. “the name and address of such person[s] [do] not appear thereon,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kovaleski v. Tallahassee Title Co.