60 Mich. App. 401 - Forest v. Parmalee’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate ·

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

1. “issue and are required to interpret Rule 15(c) in light of the facts of this case. 8 The record is unclear whether the process server who made the return contacted either Sundstrand Corporation or White Consolidated Industries prior to the expiration of the statute of limitations so as to put either or both on notice that a predecessor corporation had been sued. There is some indication on the return that the process server contacted within the statutory period a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ringrose v. Engelberg Huller Co.

2. ““Where a defendant is brought into an action for the first time upon the filing of an amended or supplemental complaint, the filing of the amendment constitutes the commencement of the action in so far as such new defendant is concerned. The statutory period runs until the time of the filing of the amendment, and if at that time the action is barred, a party thus subsequently brought in may avail himself of the plea.” 9”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Glambin v. J.C. Penney Co.

3. “While the above federal rule would allow the correction of misnomers, it will not allow the addition or substitution of new parties after the expiration of the statute of limitations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ringrose v. Engelberg Huller Co.