Wray v. Wray’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Chromalloy American Corp. v. Elyria Foundry Co. · State Ex Rel. William Ranni Associates, Inc. v. Hartenbach · Rakestraw v. Norris · Crouch v. Crouch
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Missouri, to obtain personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant, “the plaintiff must make a prima facie showing that (1) the cause of action arose out of an activity covered by Missouri’s long-arm statute, ... and (2) the defendant had sufficient minimum contacts with Missouri to satisfy the requirements of due process.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Arden
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.