Truss v. Chappell’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[B]y serving the individual or by leaving a copy of the summons and the complaint at the individual’s dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein or by delivering a copy of the summons and the complaint to an agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allsopp v. Bolding, 1100432 (Ala. 9-30-2011) · 32 So. 3d 1 - McDermott v. Tabb

2. ““In Insurance Management & Administration, Inc. v. Palomar Insurance Corp., 590 So.2d 209, 213 (Ala.1991), this Court held that the clerk’s notation of proper service creates a presumption of proper service that can be rebutted only by ‘clear and convincing evidence.’ In Northbrook Indemnity Co. v. Westgate, Ltd., 769 So.2d 890 , 893 n. 4 (Ala.2000), this Court stated that the Palomar Insurance presumption established only that the ‘clerk mailed the process and the person signing the certified-mail receipt received the process.’ Palomar Insurance did not establish a presumption as to whether the person signing the receipt was a proper person to receive process or whether the place of service was the defendant’s ‘dwelling house or usual place of abode.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 So. 3d 1 - McDermott v. Tabb