Shaw v. Shaw

How courts have described this case

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

• “A judgment obtained without proper service of process is invalid, even when the defendant has actual notice of the law suit, because as a prophylactic measure such rule is necessary to prevent ‘sewer service’ ”
• “[A] judgment obtained through extrinsic fraud ... is considered a nullity ... .The court will have no part in enforcing a judgment which was procured by a fraud practiced on it....”
• “A judgment obtained without proper service of process is invalid, even when the defendant has actual notice of the law suit, because as a prophylactic measure such rule is necessary to prevent ‘sewer service’”
• “A judgment obtained without proper service of process is invalid, even when the defendant has actual notice of the law suit, because as a prophylactic measure such rule is necessary to prevent ‘sewer service’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

74 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sykes v. Mel S. Harris & Associates LLC
  Second Circuit· 2015-02-10· cited 221×
• Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. v. Schotter
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-04-22· cited 36×
• Bank of New York v. Lagakos
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-03-28· cited 30×
• Battaglia v. Hofmeister
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-04-02· cited 30×
• Pelaez v. Westchester Medical Center
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-02-07· cited 29×
• LaSalle Bank National Ass'n v. Oberstein
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-01-25· cited 25×
• Morel v. Clacherty
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-10-13· cited 23×
• Adams v. Adams
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-11-30· cited 20×
• U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Peters
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-04-01· cited 19×
• Viner v. Viner
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-02-04· cited 19×
• Government Employees Insurance v. Basedow
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-04-25· cited 18×
• EMC Mortgage Corp. v. Toussaint
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-02-17· cited 17×
• Chase Manhattan Bank v. Carlson
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-09-03· cited 15×
• DeMartino v. Rivera
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-03-20· cited 15×
• Ariowitsch v. Johnson
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1986-02-20· cited 13×
• Fayet v. Fayet
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-04-03· cited 13×
• EMC Mortgage Corp. v. Asturizaga
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-05-03· cited 12×
• Citibank, N. A. v. Keller
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-08-03· cited 12×
• Schorr v. Schorr
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-03-27· cited 11×
• Fattarusso v. Levco American Improvement Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-11-28· cited 10×

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Christian v. Christian
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-06-09· cited 495×
• Nassau Trust Co. v. Montrose Concrete Products Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-05-13· cited 418×
• Feinstein v. Bergner
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-10-23· cited 206×
• Levine v. Levine
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-05-18· cited 78×
• Oppenheimer v. Westcott
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-07-10· cited 74×
• Marco v. Sachs
  New York Court of Appeals· 1962-01-25· cited 65×
• McMullen v. Arnone
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-03-30· cited 62×
• Tamimi v. Tamimi
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1972-01-24· cited 35×
• Wall v. Bennett
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1969-12-04· cited 22×
• Mayers v. Cadman Towers, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1982-08-02· cited 21×
• Vanderhorst v. Vanderhorst
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1953-07-07· cited 19×
• Pisano v. Pisano
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1979-07-30· cited 17×
• Levy v. Levy
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1979-02-26· cited 13×
• Perlmutter v. Perlmutter
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-10-23· cited 12×
• Harris v. Harris
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1970-11-30· cited 11×
• Hewlett v. Hewlett
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-06-12· cited 11×
• Rutledge v. Rutledge
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1977-12-27· cited 10×
• State Bank v. Guiseppi Estates, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1974-05-23· cited 9×
• Rizzo v. Rizzo
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-12-29· cited 8×
• Biamonte v. Biamonte
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1977-05-27· cited 8×