Pickens v. Hess’s Empirical Analysis
573 F.2d 380 · 1978
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably Sawtelle v. Farrell (1995), Hooks v. Hooks (1985)
13 federal appellate · 6 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 · Shaffer v. Heitner · Pennoyer v. Neff
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In upholding the jurisdiction of a district court in Tennessee over a nonresident corporation the court in [Southern Mach. Co. v. Mohasco Indus., Inc., 401 F.2d 374 (6th Cir.1968),] concluded that several facts were immaterial; e.g., where the contract was executed and whether any agents of the defendant were physically present in Tennessee. 401 F.2d at 382 . On the other hand, the court emphasized that the nonresident defendant had entered into a contract which contemplated a continuous business relationship with the Tennessee plaintiff, and held that the state “has a continuing interest in this continuing re-lationship_” Id. at 385 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the defendant must purposefully avail himself of the privilege of acting in the forum state or causing a consequence in the forum state. Second, the cause of action must arise from the defendant’s activities there. Finally, the acts of the defendant or consequences caused by the defendant must have a substantial enough connection with the forum to make the exercise of jurisdiction reasonable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the district court did not apply the Southern Machine rule mechanically, but made the ultimate finding required by due process considerations — that under the facts of this case it would not be reasonable for a Tennessee court to exercise jurisdiction.”
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.