834 So. 2d 26 - Webster v. Webster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a diligent plaintiff should file [a motion for additional time to serve process] within the 120-day time period. Such diligence would support an allegation that good cause exists for failure to serve process timely.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kingston v. SPLASH POOLS OF MISSISSIPPI · 993 So. 2d 378 - Foss v. Williams

2. “[S]imple inadvertence or mistake of counsel or ignorance of the rules usually does not”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tarinika Smith v. Church Mutual Insurance Company · 238 So. 3d 1139 - Estate of Russell Puckett v. Carol Clement

3. “If a service of the summons and complaint is not made upon a defendant within 120 days after the filing of the complaint and the party on whose behalf such service was required cannot show good cause why such service was not made within that period, the action shall be dismissed as to that defendant without prejudice upon the court’s own initiative with notice to such party or upon motion.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Page v. Crawford · Jones v. Mississippi State University