Cliff cites precedent in the case of Pennoyer vs. Neff, which he says "found that jurisprudence is the better part of diction". In real life, the 1877-78 Supreme Court case of Pennoyer vs. Neff found state courts to have jurisdiction in instances where a party in a suit had been physically served with process while within state borders, and has no relevance at all to the situation at hand.