30 F. Supp. 2d 653 - Berman v. Informix Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. · Koster v. Lumbermens Mut Casualty Co · Continental Grain Company v. The Fbl-585 · Factors Etc., Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc.
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) convenience of witnesses; (2) the location of relevant documents and relative ease of access to sources of proof; (3) the convenience of the parties; (4) the locus of the operative facts; (5) the availability of process to compel attendance of unwilling witnesses; (6) the relative means of the parties; (7) a forum’s familiarity with the governing law; (8) the weight accorded to the plaintiffs choice of forum; and (9) trial efficiency and the interest of justice based on the totality of circumstances.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought ...,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The burden of demonstrating the desirability of transfer lies with the moving party, and in considering the motion for transfer, a court should not disturb a plaintiff's choice of forum 'unless the defendants make a clear and convincing showing that the balance of convenience favors defendants' choice.'”
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.