809 So. 2d 905 - Gilliam v. Smart’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 743 So. 2d 570 - Powertel, Inc. v. Bexley · 10 Ill. App. 3d 345 - Lebanon Trust & Savings Bank v. Ray · 684 So. 2d 181 - Ruth v. Department of Legal Affairs · 154 Mich. App. 78 - Thomas v. Process Equipment Corp. · 750 So. 2d 140 - Chapman v. Sheffield
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“statutes that govern service of process are to be strictly construed to insure that a defendant receives notice of the proceedings. . . . The burden of proving the validity of the service of process is on the plaintiff.”
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.