670 F. Supp. 2d 644 - Vlach v. Yaple’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1692 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · Southern Machine Co. v. Mohasco Industries, Inc.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Only in unusual circumstances is the third element left unsatisfied, and the burden is on the defendant to show it.”
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.