Monroe Hardware Co. v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “A court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter has jurisdiction over a person served in an action pursuant to Rule 4(j) or Rule 4(j1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure under any of the following circumstances: (5) Local Services, Goods or Contracts. — In any action which: a. Arises out of a promise, made anywhere to the plaintiff or to some third party for the plaintiffs benefit, by the defendant to perform services within this State or to pay for services to be performed in this State by the Plaintiff ... d. Relates to goods, documents of title, or other things of value shipped from this State by the plaintiff to the defendant on his order or direction.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 765 F. Supp. 1246 - General Latex & Chemical Corp. v. Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc. · 768 F. Supp. 513 - Med-Therapy Rehabilitation Services, Inc. v. Diversicare Corp.

2. “The criteria for determining whether minimum contacts exist include: (1) the quantity of contacts, (2) the nature of and quality of contacts, (3) the source and connection of the cause of action with those contacts, (4) the interests of the forum state and convenience, and (5) whether the defendant invoked the benefits and protections of the law of the forum state.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Richmar Development, Inc. v. Midland Doherty Services, Ltd.