King v. Menz’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently June 2020
9 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 Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. · United States v. Ryder · Harrigan v. Gilchrist · Texas & Pac. Ry. v. Gulf, Etc., Ry. · Meyer v. Garthwaite
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It will be noted that the original provision provided that within ten days after the service on the commissioner a notice of such service and a copy of the ‘process’ were to be sent by the plaintiff to the defendant by registered mail. That is the duty of the plaintiff in accordance with the general practice. Clearly the intent of that provision was to make service upon the defendant and to keep him advised of the charges made. The provision as revised by the code commission makes that even clearer in providing that a copy of ‘the summons and complaint’ must be mailed which further carries out the same intention. The revisers left out the phrase ‘by the plaintiff’ without any indication of a change in the meaning of the law. No one else was designated to mail the process. Since having service made on the defendant has always been the duty of the plaintiff it follows that that statute as revised must be construed as a continuation of the existing statute. The duty to make the mailing as provided by the statute remained with the plaintiff.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Loken v. Magrum““This section has been divided for separate statement of distinct propositions and has been revised for clarity without change in meaning. “This part of the section has been revised for clarity. Provision also is made for mailing a copy of the complaint as well as of the summons in order that the defendant may have reasonable opportunity to know the nature of the case instituted against him.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Loken v. Magrum““The provision for the appearance of the attorney general is only for the protection of the fund. It is his duty to see that no liability is created against the fund except by due legal proceedings and that no judgment be obtained by fraud or collusion.””
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.