Wyatt v. Kaplan’s Empirical Analysis
686 F.2d 276 · 1982
Citation profile
49 federal appellate · 9 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 151 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably Ticketmaster-New York, Inc. v. Alioto (1994), Cox v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie (1994)
49 federal appellate · 9 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Hanson v. Denckla · Milliken v. Meyer · Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. · Desist v. United States
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 151 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In an appropriate case, we will not hesitate to reverse a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction, on the ground that the plaintiff was improperly denied discovery.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“establish personal jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence; prima facie evidence of personal jurisdiction is sufficient”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“will not be disturbed ordinarily unless there are unusual circumstances showing a clear abuse.”
4 later decisions 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.