Doe 1 v. AOL LLC’s Empirical Analysis
552 F.3d 1077 · 2009
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably Wong v. PartyGaming Ltd. (2009), Huffington v. T.C. Group, LLC (2011)
13 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2702 (§ 201 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 28 U.S.C. § 1406
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · M/s Bremen v. Zapata off-Shore Company · 36 Cal. 4th 148 - Discover Bank v. Superior Court · Manetti-Farrow, Inc. v. Gucci America, Inc. · Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n v. Patterson
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'exclusive jurisdiction ... resides in the courts of Virginia.' " ( Doe 1 , supra , 552 F.3d at p. 1081 .) The court held that the clause referred only to state courts, reasoning that "[t]he clause's use of the preposition 'of'-rather than 'in'-is determinative. ... [C]ourts 'of' Virginia refers to courts proceeding from, with their origin in, Virginia-i.e., the state courts of Virginia. Federal district courts, in contrast, proceed from, and find their origin in, the federal government.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Enforcement is unreasonable and unjust if the clause results from fraud or overreaching; if enforcing the clause would effectively deprive [Plaintiff] of [his] day in court; 3 or if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of [the forum in which the suit was filed].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“look for guidance 'to general principles for interpreting contracts.'”
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.