Mueller v. Zelmer’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
September 1999
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tucker v. Johnson · Nolan v. Nolan · Brown v. State
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The summons may be served by the sheriff or a constable of the county or other comparable political subdivision where the defendant may be found, or in the District of Columbia by the United States marshal or a deputy, or by any other person not a party to the action who at the time of making such service is an elector of the state in which such service is to be made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bradley v. Deloria“[The] fact defendant,knows of the action because he may have received a copy of the summons and complaint in connection with an attempted but invalid service where no admission of service exists is not sufficient statutory .notice of the action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wagner v. Truesdell“The summons may be served by the sheriff or a constable of the county ... or by any other person not a party to the action who at the time of making such service is an elector 3 of the state in which such service is to be made.”
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.