Scott v. Breeland’s Empirical Analysis
792 F.2d 925 · 1986
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 14 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Shute v. Carnival Cruise Lines (1988), Sinatra v. National Enquirer, Inc. (1988)
21 federal appellate · 14 district ·
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 Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. · Data Disc, Inc. v. Systems Technology Associates, Inc. · 16 Cal. 3d 143 - Cornelison v. Chaney · Haisten v. Grass Valley Medical Reimbursement Fund, Ltd.
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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The nonresident defendant must do some act or consummate some transaction with the forum or perform some act by which he purposefully avails himself of the privilege of conducting activities in the forum, thereby invoking the benefits and protections of its laws. (2) the claim must be one which arises out of or results from the defendant’s forum-related activities. (3) exercise of jurisdiction must be reasonable.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a case based on diversity jurisdiction, a federal court applies the personal jurisdiction rules of the forum state provided the exercise of jurisdiction comports with due process.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the party seeking to invoke the court's jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing that jurisdiction exists”
3 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.