Council Rock School District v. Richard N.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[mjistake of counsel or ignorance of the rules of procedure usually does not suffice to establish good cause”
• noting that timely calls to corporate headquarters or the Secretary of State to inquire as to the proper agent for service of process could indicate due diligence
• noting that timely calls to corporate headquarters or the Secretary of State to inquire as to the proper agent for service of process could indicate due diligence
• arguing that “Rule 4(i)(A) allows service to be proper [by] (i) deliver[ing] a copy of the summons and of the complaint to the United States attorney for the district where the action is brought” (second alteration in original)
• granting motion to dismiss for insufficient service of process under Rule 4(h)(1) when the plaintiff served an individual corporate representative not authorized to receive service of process
• “While the purpose of service is to give a defendant notice of the claims against it, notice alone cannot cure an otherwise defective service.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).