Whittaker Corp. v. United Aircraft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
482 F.2d 1079 · 1973
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 45 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2023 · most notably Good Hope Industries, Inc. v. Ryder Scott Co. (1979), Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co. v. Mountain State Construction Co., Inc (1980)
38 federal appellate · 45 district · 23 state decisions — followed in 10 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.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Hanson v. Denckla · Arrowsmith v. United Press International · In-Flight Devices Corp. v. Van Dusen Air, Inc. · Aftanase v. Economy Baler 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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) transacting any business in this commonwealth; (b) contracting to supply service or things in this cofnmonwealth; (c) causing tortious injury by an act or omission in this commonwealth; (d) causing tortious injury in this commonwealth by an act or omission outside this commonwealth if he regularly does or solicits business, or engages in any other persistent course of conduct, or derives substantial revenue from goods used or consumed or services rendered, in this commonwealth,”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'of the privilege of conducting activities within the forum State, thus invoking the benefits and protection of its laws.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“interest . . . in not discouraging foreign purchasers from dealing with resident sellers for fear of having to engage in litigation in distant courts . . . .”
3 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.