Kennedy v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
919 F.2d 126 · 1990
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 18 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably 357 Ill. App. 3d 381 - Kostal v. Pinkus Dermatopathology Laboratory, P.C. (2005), Kuenzle v. HTM Sport-Und Freizeitgeräte AG (1996)
9 federal appellate · 18 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 11 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
Relies on Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · Hanson v. Denckla · Foy v. Northeast Suburban Life · National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n · Duckworth v. Eagan
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he allegations in the complaint must be taken as true to the extent they are uncontroverted by the defendant’s affidavits. If the parties present conflicting affidavits, all factual disputes are resolved in the plaintiffs favor, and the plaintiffs prima facie showing is sufficient notwithstanding the contrary presentation by the moving party.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hether a 'party solicited the business interface is irrelevant, so long as defendant then directed its activities to the forum resident.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.”
4 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.