Sizemore v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
191 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 192 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably State v. Quarterman (Slip Opinion) (2014), Perotti v. Ferguson (1983)
191 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on F. Enterprises, Inc. v. Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp. · 61 Ohio App. 2d 224 - Wilson v. Sinsabaugh · Rasmussen v. Vance · 50 Ohio App. 2d 254 - Brown v. Gonzales
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 192 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hat constitutes reasonable diligence will depend on the facts and circumstances of each particular case.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'for the reason that justice is far better served when it has the benefit of briefing, arguing, and lower court consideration before making a final determination'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(A) Summons: service, return. Summons shall be served as provided in Civil Rules 4(A), (C) and (D), 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5 and 4.6. * * * “When the residence of a party is unknown, and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, service shall be made by publication. Before service by publication can be made, an affidavit of a party or his counsel must be filed with the court. The affidavit shall aver that service of summons cannot be made because the residence of the defendant is unknown to the affiant and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained. “Upon the filing of the affidavit the clerk shall cause service of notice to be made by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the complaint is filed. If no newspaper is published in that county, then publication shall be in a newspaper published in an adjoining county. The publication shall contain the name and address of the court, the case number, the name of the first party on each side, and the name and last known address, if any, of the person or persons whose residence is unknown. The publication shall also contain a summary statement of the object of the complaint and shall notify the person to be served that he is required to appear at the time and place stated; such time shall not be less than fourteen days after the date of publication. The publication shall be published once and service shall be complete on the date of publication. “After the publication, the publisher or his ag”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.