Gant v. McGee’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 1991
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Piper v. Olinde Hardware & Supply Company, Inc. · Nationwide Acceptance Co. v. Alexis · Piper v. Olinde's Hardware & Supply Company, Inc.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A final judgment shall be annulled if it is rendered: * * * * * * (2) Against a defendant who has not been served with process as required by law and who has not entered a general appearance, or against whom a valid judgment by default has not been taken;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.