Seals v. Callis’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently June 2022
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 High Life Sales Co. v. Brown-Forman Corp. · Sullenger v. Cooke Sales & Service Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“By bringing suit in Missouri, Seals simply waived venue in Tennessee as provided in the forum selection clause which placed venue of any suit on the contract in Tennessee. Certainly Callis has no complaint that Seals waived venue in Tennessee, nor can he complain that Seals undertook the inconvenience and expense of bringing suit in Callis’ home county. Aside from the matter of waiver, Callis has shown no prejudice resulting from suit being filed and tried in his home county. This court is enjoined by Rule 84.13(b) not to reverse any judgment unless it finds that error was committed against the appellant materially affecting the merits of the action. Callis makes no attempt to demonstrate that any error was committed which materially affected the merits of the action. The trial court had jurisdiction of the subject matter of the action and the person of Callis. Seals was free to waive his right to rely on the forum selection clause that venue of any action on the contract would be in the State of Tennessee. Further, Callis fails to show any prejudice resulting from this case being tried in his home county in Missouri. The judgment is affirmed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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