297 F. Supp. 307 - Oswalt Industries, Inc. v. Gilmore’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 10 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently September 2001 · most notably In-Flight Devices Corp. v. Van Dusen Air, Inc. (1972), Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co. v. Mountain State Construction Co. (1979)
10 federal appellate · 10 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Hanson v. Denckla · McGee v. International Life Insurance · Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. · Travelers Health Ass'n v. Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) The transaction of any business within the state; “ (b) Any tortious act or omission within this state; “(c) The ownership or possession of any interest in property located within this state; “(d) Entering into any contract of insurance, indemnity, or guaranty covering any person, property, or risk located within this state at the time of contracting; “(e) Entering into a contract for services to be rendered or for materials to be furnished in this state. “(f) Any basis not inconsistent with the constitution of this state or of the United States. “ ‘Person’ as used herein shall include corporations and all other entities which would be subject to service or process if present in this state. Any such person shall be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of this state who acts in the manner above described through an agent or personal representative.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hile a buyer is frequently successful in asserting jurisdiction in his forum, in suits against his vendor [on the basis of transacting business] — the seller is not so successful in invoking his jurisdiction in suits against his customer. In each case in which the customer has been held to the jurisdiction of his vendor’s forum, it appears that the buyer had some significant contact with the forum state through personal visits to inspect the merchandise, to take delivery, or by execution of the necessary documents within the forum. ... [M]ere contact by mail or phone is not sufficient contact with the forum____”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(1) [T]he nonresident must purposefully do some act or consummate some transaction in the forum state; (2) the claim for relief must arise from, or be connected with, such act or transaction; and (3) the assumption of jurisdiction by the forum state must not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice, consideration being given to the quality, nature and extent of the activity in the forum state, the relative convenience of the parties, the benefits and protection of the laws of the forum state afforded the respective parties, and the basic equities of the situation.” (Syl. If 3.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.