Adams v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 19 district ·

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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, the claim underlying the litigation must directly arise out of, or relate to, the defendant’s forum-state activities. Second, the defendant’s in-state contacts must represent a purposeful availment of the privilege of conducting activities in the forum state, thereby invoking the benefits and protections of that state’s laws and making the defendant’s involuntary presence before the state’s courts foreseeable. Third, the exercise of jurisdiction must, in light of the Gestalt factors, be reasonable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 726 F. Supp. 2d 26 - eIQnetworks, Inc. v. BHI Advanced Internet Solutions, Inc. · 971 F. Supp. 2d 129 - Cioffi v. Gilbert Enterprises, Inc.

2. “is only satisfied when the defendant purposefully and voluntarily directs his activities toward the forum so that he should expect, by virtue of the benefit he receives, to be subject to the court's jurisdiction based on these contacts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. LP Solutions LLC v. Duchossois · 706 F. Supp. 2d 195 - Equipo De Baloncesto Capitanes De Arecibo, Inc. v. Premier Basketball League, Inc.

3. “We hold that [the plaintiff] has not demonstrated . . . sufficient purposeful availment to allow for the exercise of jurisdiction. Thus, we need not proceed to consider the reasonableness prong of the analysis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Vapotherm, Inc. v. Santiago