Dillard v. Leonard’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
February 2009
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Penn · Cummins v. Paisan Construction Co. · Gumpp v. Philadelphia Life Insurance Co. · First Dallas Petroleum, Inc. v. Hawkins · Zepeda v. Bulleri
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Appellees admit that of the six defendants, only appellant has been served. Although citations have been issued for the other named defendants, no service has been executed. When a judgment disposes of all named parties except those who have not been served and have filed no answer, the judgment is final for the purpose of appeal, and the ease stands as if there had been a discontinuance or a dismissal as to the parties not served.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.