Rivers v. Groth Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Piper v. Olinde Hardware & Supply Company, Inc. · 421 So. 2d 470 - Scullin v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America · Piper v. Olinde's Hardware & Supply Company, Inc. · Pierre v. Gulf Janitorial Service of Baton Rouge, Inc. · 279 So. 2d 684 - State ex rel. Livas v. Henderson
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.
“A. Citation and service thereof are essential in all civil actions ... without them all proceedings are absolutely null. B. The defendant may expressly waive citation and service thereof by any written waiver made a part of the record.”
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.