Adelson v. Hananel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 18 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “gestalt factors “(1) [the defendant’s] burden of appearing, (2) [Massachusetts’s] interest in adjudicating the dispute, (3) [the plaintiffs] interest in obtaining convenient and effective relief, (4) the judicial system’s interest in obtaining the most effective resolution of the controversy, and [5] the common, interests of all sovereigns in promoting substantive social policies.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 937 F. Supp. 2d 147 - Metcalf v. Bay Ferries Ltd.

2. “weighed against jurisdiction, this alone would be 'insufficient to tip the constitutional balance' on the facts presented here.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Plixer Int'l, Inc. v. Scrutinizer GMBH

3. “as being coextensive with the limits permitted by the Constitution”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ace Am. Ins. Co. v. Oyster Harbors Marine, Inc.