Spencer v. Sytsma’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Sutterfield v. District Court in and for Arapahoe County · Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company v. Bond · Draper v. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1, CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER · Kirby v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[ BJringing an action in an improper county is not a fatal defect in the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.