Copeland v. Pierce County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a plaintiff lawfully \forewent 'official channels' by forwarding the papers directly from his attorney to a private process server in Bermuda\
• holding that a process server was a \competent person\ to render effective service in Bermuda, a territory of the United Kingdom
• recognizing the well-settled rule that “a [dispensable] party ... whose presence deprives the court of jurisdiction may be dropped or severed from the action” to preserve jurisdiction and that motions to do so may be made even after judgment has been entered
• “Absent waiver or consent, a failure to obtain proper service on the defendant deprives the court of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.”
• “Absent waiver or consent, a failure to obtain proper service on the defendant deprives the court of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.”
• “Absent waiver or consent, a failure to obtain proper service on the defendant deprives the court of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).