Fields v. Sedgwick Associated Risks, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
796 F.2d 299 · 1986
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Ticketmaster-New York, Inc. v. Alioto (1994), McGlinchy v. Shell Chemical Co. (1988)
48 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 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 Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · McGee v. International Life Insurance · Data Disc, Inc. v. Systems Technology Associates, Inc. · Peterson v. Kennedy
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the defendant has performed some act or consummated some transaction within the forum or otherwise purposefully availed himself of the privileges of conducting activities in the forum, (2) the claim arises out of or results from the defendant’s forum-related activities, and (3) the exercise of jurisdiction is reasonable.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the trial court ruled on the issue relying on affidavits and discovery materials without holding an evidentiary hearing, dismissal is appropriate only if the plaintiff has not made a prima facie showing of personal jurisdiction.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'substantial' or 'continuous and systematic' contacts with the forum state.”
2 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.