Dudley v. Dittmer’s Empirical Analysis
795 F.2d 669 · 1986
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Concord Boat Corporation v. Brunswick Corporation (2000), Ryko Manufacturing Co. v. Eden Services (1987)
21 federal appellate · 3 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
Applies 7 U.S.C. § 6B
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · McGee v. International Life Insurance · Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The rule in this circuit is clear that when one of two theories has erroneously been submitted to the jury, a general verdict cannot stand.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]mong the contacts held sufficient in various combinations to justify the forum state's assertion of jurisdiction over a nonresident, are the nonresident's telephone calls in the forum state, ... physical presence for business purposes in the forum state, ..., or receipt of substantial profits from commerce with its residents....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A decision of a panel of this court is the law of the circuit and we are compelled to follow it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bressman v. Farrier
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.