Mississippi Pub Corporation v. Murphree’s Empirical Analysis
326 U.S. 438 · 1946
Citation profile
311 federal appellate · 110 district · 74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 989 later decisions (42 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2026 · most notably Hanna v. Plumer (1965), Mistretta v. United States (1989)
311 federal appellate · 110 district · 74 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedMurphree v. Mississippi Pub. Corp. (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · Guaranty Trust Co. v. York · Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.
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 989 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All process other than a subpoena may be served anywhere within the territorial limits of the state in which the district court is held and, when a statute of the United States so provides, beyond the territorial limits of that state. * * *”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[S]ervice of summons is the procedure by which a court having venue and jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit asserts jurisdiction over the person of the party served.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The fact that this Court promulgated the rules as formulated and recommended by the Advisory Committee does not foreclose consideration of their validity, meaning or consistency.”
10 later decisions 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.