Cubbage v. Merchent’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.2d 665 · 1984
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 10 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently September 2007 · most notably Sher v. Johnson (1990), Frazer v. McGowan (1986)
34 federal appellate · 10 district · 14 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
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · Hanson v. Denckla · Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · McGee v. International Life Insurance
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[The] doctors applied for and received Medi-Cal numbers from the State of California. A Medi-Cal number permits a health care provider to receive reimbursement from the state for services rendered to eligible California residents. [The court’s] focus is on whether [the doctors] purposefully took some action by which they invoked the protection of California law. [The] doctors purposefully applied for a Medi-Cal number. [The doctors] invoked the protection of California law by placing themselves within the statutory safeguards provided health care providers seeking to settle grievances or complaints regarding unpaid Medi-Cal fees.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(A) some action must be taken whereby defendant purposefully avails himself or herself of the privilege of conducting activities in the forum, thereby invoking the benefits and protections of the forum’s laws; (B) the claim must arise out of or result from defendant’s forum-related activities; and (C) exercise of jurisdiction must be reasonable.” (Citation omitted).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[Ajppellees’ relevant contacts with California were the obtaining of a Medi-Cal number and the placing of a telephone listing (and for the hospital, a yellow pages advertisement) in a local phone directory distributed in the adjacent California area. Through directory solicitation and participation in a state health care program appellees were able to attract a substantial number of patients from California. Furthermore, appellees’ forum activities were enhanced by appellant’s California residence because that residence is the focus of appellees’ activities out of which the suit arises.””
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.