Mesalic v. Fiberfloat Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.2d 696 · 1990
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 20 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Robertson-Ceco Corp. (1996), Mellon Bank (East) Psfs, National Association v. Kenneth v. Farino Leslie Trinin Robert Levitas Eileen Michaels (1992)
24 federal appellate · 20 district · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · Hanson v. Denckla · 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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“prior negotiations and contemplated future consequences, along with the terms of the contract....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“accords with the notions of 'fair play and substantial justice.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“automatically establish sufficient minimum contacts in the other party's home forum....”
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.