In Re JT’s Empirical Analysis

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18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]t is inconsequential to the trial court's subject matter jurisdiction that no summons named any of the three juveniles as respondent and that no summons was ever served on the juveniles or their GAL. These errors are examples of insufficiency of process and insufficiency of service of process, respectively, both of which are defenses that implicate personal jurisdiction and thus can be waived by the parties.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Nel · In re J.D.L.

2. “[o]bjections to a court's exercise of personal (in personam) jurisdiction ... must be raised by the parties themselves and can be waived in a number of ways. Broadly stated, any form of general appearance waives all defects and irregularities in the process and gives the court jurisdiction of the answering party even though there may have been no service of summons.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re J.D.L. · 199 N.C. App. 182 - In Re JDL

3. “`[T]he issuance and service of process is the means by which the court obtains jurisdiction, and thus where no summons is issued, the court acquires jurisdiction over neither the parties nor the subject matter of the action.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re KJL · 199 N.C. App. 182 - In Re JDL