Fletcher v. Limeco Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 926 So. 2d 167 - MS Credit Center, Inc. v. Horton · Williams v. Kilgore · 731 So. 2d 1192 - Rains v. Gardner · Vicksburg Partners, LP v. Stephens · 564 So. 2d 36 - Young v. Huron Smith Oil Co., Inc.
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.
“(g) Consolidation of Defenses in Motion. A party who makes a motion under this rule may join with it any other motions herein provided for and then available to him. If a party makes a motion under this rule but omits therefrom any defense or objection then available to him which this rule permits to be raised by motion, he shall not thereafter make a motion based on the defense or objection so omitted, except a motion as provided in subdivision (h)(2) hereof on any of the grounds there stated. (h) Waiver or Preservation of Certain Defenses. (1) A defense of lack of jurisdiction over the person, improper venue, insufficiency of process, or insufficiency of service of process is waived (A) if omitted from a motion in the circumstances described in subdivision (g), or (B) if it is neither made by a motion under this rule nor included in a responsive pleading or an amendment thereof permitted by Rule 15(a) to be made as a matter of course.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“I. Whether Mississippi’s Non-Resident Motorist Statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 13-3-63, was the exclusive method by which Leatheiwood should have effected service on Bloodgood. II. Whether the certified mailing by Leatherwood, returned as “unclaimed/refused,” was insufficient to comply with the requirements of Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 4(c)(5). III. If service is found to be improper, whether this action should be dismissed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“if service under subparagraph (1)(A)- of this subdivision cannot be made with reasonable diligence, by leaving a copy of the summons and complaint at the defendant’s usual place of abode with the defendant’s spouse or some other person of the defendant’s family above the age of sixteen years who is willing to receive service....”
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.