Tso v. Delaney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 4 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]hile we cannot say that such considerations [of prejudice to the plaintiffs and lack of prejudice to the defendants] are irrelevant to a good cause determination, they cannot by themselves provide good cause for the failure to make service within the [applicable] period ... and do not go toward an explanation for the failure ... to achieve proper service.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dorsey v. District of Columbia · Cameron v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

2. “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.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sullivan v. Mitchell · Miller v. Cappuccilli (In Re Cappuccilli)

3. “[a]t the very least ... have to be accompanied by some showing of reasonable diligence in attempting to comply with the rules.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harder v. Dalton