Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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48 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions

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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 260 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under well-established New York law, a court of New York may assert jurisdiction over a foreign corporation when it affiliates itself with a New York representative entity and that New York representative renders services on behalf of the foreign corporation that go beyond mere solicitation and are sufficiently important to the foreign entity that the corporation itself would perform equivalent services if no agent were available.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 469 F. Supp. 2d 67 - Hollins v. United States Tennis Ass'n · 244 F. Supp. 2d 289 - Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc.

2. “[A] corporation is “doing business” and is therefore “present” in New York and subject to personal jurisdiction with respect to any cause of action, related or unrelated to the New York contacts, if it does business in New York “not occasionally or casually, but with a fair measure of permanence and continuity.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haidon v. Budlong & Budlong, LLC · 244 F. Supp. 2d 289 - Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc.

3. “what degree of deference should the district court accord to a United States plaintiff's choice of a United States forum where that forum is different from the one in which the plaintiff resides.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Beck Ray Cairns William E. Haynes Robert L. Knauss Derrick Rolfe Herman Turkstra Salomon Brothers, Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated Bt Alex. Brown Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated Cibc Oppenheimer Corp. Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation Lehman Brothers Inc. Schroder & Co., Inc. Smith Barney Inc. Furman Selz LLC Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc. Blackford Securities Corp. First Albany Corporation McDonald & Company Securities, Inc. Janney Montgomery Scott Inc. Wm Smith Securities, Incorporated Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants · Iragorri v. United Technologies Corp.