Zelson v. Thomforde’s Empirical Analysis
412 F.2d 56 · 1969
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably Rauch v. Day & Night Manufacturing Corp. (1978), Myers v. American Dental Ass'n (1982)
23 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 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 Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley · Mansfield Ry Co v. Swan · Tilton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · American Seating Co. v. Zell · Orange Theatre Corp. v. Rayherstz Amusement 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[B]ecause personal jurisdiction may be conferred by consent of the parties, expressly or by failure to object, a court may not sua sponte dismiss for want of personal jurisdiction, at least where a defendant has entered an appearance....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whenever it appears by suggestion of the parties or otherwise that the court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter, the court shall dismiss the action”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[P]ersonal jurisdiction may be conferred by consent of the parties ....”
2 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.