Scott v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
9
states following
September 1989
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Pennoyer v. Neff · Woodring v. Hall · Jones v. Garrett · Tilley v. Keller Truck & Implement Corp.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(b) Submitting to jurisdiction — process. Any person, whether or not a citizen or resident of this state, who in person or through an agent or instrumentality does any of the acts hereinafter enumerated, thereby submits said person, and, if an individual, his or her personal representative, to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any cause of action arising from the doing of any of said acts: “(8) Living in the marital relationship within the state notwithstanding subsequent departure from the state, as to all obligations arising for alimony, child support, or property settlement under article 16, if the other party to the marital relationship continues to reside in the state;””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Varney v. Varney
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.