Starr v. Berry’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently May 2008 · most notably Marshall v. Geo. M. Brewster & Son, Inc. (1962), D'AGOSTINO v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc. (1989)
47 state decisions
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 Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · United States v. National City Lines, Inc. · Gore v. United States Steel Corp. · United States v. Gage · Vargas v. A. H. Bull Steamship Co.
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“practicable as well as inherently just. The doctrine was originated to prevent harassment of a defendant; it should not now be used offensively to embarrass or destroy a claimant's opportunity to be heard.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“motions to dismiss would become the usual thing ..., thus diverting the energies of counsel and the courts to quarrels over venue considerations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where a weighing of all of the many relevant factors, of which residence is but part, decisively establishes that there is available another forum where trial will best serve the convenience of the parties and the ends of justice....”
1 later decision 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.