Bunker v. Bunker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 state decisions

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We see no good reason for not recognizing Arkansas’s jurisdiction in this case. Arkansas was the Bunkers’ last matrimonial domicile. It is the place where Bunkers’s asserted wrongful conduct created the cause of action for divorce and alimony. It has continued to be the residence of Mrs. Bunker and the children, where their living expenses must be paid. It is presumably the residence of the witnesses who will be called to testify. Finally, Bunker appears to have left this state voluntarily, creating the possibility of hardship if that conduct on his part deprives Mrs. Bunker of her right to bring her suit in Arkansas. . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Janni v. Janni

2. “A state is naturally interested in all acts done within its territory. A state will usually have judicial jurisdiction over an individual who does, or who causes to be done, in the state an act, even though it is not claimed to be tortious, as to causes of action arising from the act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Plucker v. Plucker