Gilpin v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1401 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on Robertson v. Railroad Labor Board · In re Josephson · Foster-Milburn Co. v. Knight · Shapiro v. Bonanza Hotel Co. · Putnam v. Ickes
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Court, while recognizing the divergence of authority on this question, is persuaded that a district wherein the action `might have been brought' infers that the transferee district must be not only a district wherein venue lies and a complaint may be filed, as indeed one may file a complaint at will, but the transferee district must also be one in which the action might have been legally maintained and service of process effected upon the defendant. This view comprises the weight of authority and is represented by well-reasoned decisions from both the Second and Ninth Circuits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Blaski v. Hoffman
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.