Sher v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
911 F.2d 1357 · 1990
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 51 district · 41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 249 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America v. Pleasant Street Corporation United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (1992), Panavision International, L.P. v. Toeppen (1998)
57 federal appellate · 51 district · 41 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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. § 1912
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · Hanson v. Denckla · Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
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 249 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The non-resident defendant must purposefully direct his activities or consummate some transaction with the forum or resident thereof; 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 relates to the defendant’s forum-related activities; and (3) the exercise of jurisdiction must comport with fair play and substantial justice, i.e. it must be reasonable.”
24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] partner's actions ... ordinarily may not be imputed to the other partners.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or of the United States.”
6 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.