Beevers v. Burmaster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “Citation and service thereof are essential in all civil actions except summary and executory proceedings, divorce actions under Civil Code Article 102, and proceedings under the Children's Code. Without them all proceedings are absolutely null. " La.Code Civ.P. art. 1201(A). (Emphasis added). Without valid citation and service of process, "the court does not have jurisdiction over the person of the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 953 So. 2d 111 - Whitehurst v. A-1 Affordable Siding, Inc.

2. “A prima facie case sufficient to confirm a default judgment is established only when the party proves with competent evidence the essential allegations of his petition as fully as if each of the allegations were specifically denied.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 887 So. 2d 643 - Richard v. Century Surety Co.

3. “judgment of default must be confirmed by proof of the demand sufficient to establish a prima facie case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 945 So. 2d 89 - Smith v. Avant Garde Homeowners Ass'n, Inc.