Reid v. Tingle’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on American Cyanamid Co. v. McGhee · Smith v. Clark · Transamerican Properties, Inc. v. Watkins · 342 So. 2d 16 - Jones v. SEARS ROEBUCK & CO. · 448 So. 2d 315 - Berry v. Pike Cty. Bd. of Educ.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' " Rule 41(a)(1) is the shortest and surest route to abort a complaint when it is applicable. So long as plaintiff has not been served with his adversary's answer or motion for summary judgment he need do no more than file a notice of dismissal with the Clerk. That document itself closes the file. There is nothing the defendant can do to fan the ashes of that action into life and the court has no role to play . This is a matter of right running to the plaintiff and may not be extinguished or circumscribed by adversary or court . There is not even a perfunctory order of court closing the file. Its alpha and omega was the doing of the plaintiff alone.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“' "[f]ailure to exercise due diligence in perfecting personal service of process precluded notice by publication”
1 later decision 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.