Helmers v. Sortino’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738A
Relies on Mid-Continent Wood Products, Inc. v. Harris · Thompson v. Goetz · Mitchell v. Sanborn · Beck v. Smith · Audio Enterprises Incorporated v. B & W Loudspeakers of America a Division of Equity International Incorporated Audio Enterprises Incorporated
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(d) Personal Service. [[Image here]] (2) How Service Made Within the State. Personal service of process within the state must be made as follows: [[Image here]] (D) upon a domestic or foreign corporation or upon a partnership or other unincorporated association, by (i) delivering a copy of the summons to an officer, director, superintendent or managing or general agent, or partner, or associate, or to an agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process in its behalf, or to one who acted as an agent for the defendant with respect to the matter upon which the claim of the plaintiff is based and who was an agent of the defendant at the time of service; (ii) if the sheriffs return indicates no person upon whom service may be made can be found in the county, then service may be made by leaving a copy of the summons at any office of the domestic or foreign corporation, partnership or unincorporated association within this state with the person in charge of the office; or (iii) any form of mail or third-party commercial delivery addressed to any of the foregoing per sons and requiring a signed receipt and resulting in delivery to that person.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Federal Express delivery is not mail delivery”
2 later decisions 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.