Boddie v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the two year redemption period, the record owner shall be notified, by certified or registered mail, of the final date by which he must redeem his property.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Malone v. Robinson · Robinson v. Kerwin

2. “Unless otherwise specified, any notice, bill or statement required by these regulations or other applicable provision of law to be served upon the property owner shall be deemed to be served when mailed by first class mail to the last known address of the property owner as recorded in the real estate assessment records of the District.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robinson v. Kerwin

3. “[a]t least as applied to notice by mail, the Department^ of Finance and Revenue’s] duty of strict compliance does not require such literal exactitude that this court must carry mailing regulations to their illogical extreme and invalidate tax sales for any and every error in addressing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gore v. Newsome