Koster v. Lumbermens Mut Casualty Co’s Empirical Analysis
330 U.S. 518 · 1947
Citation profile
505 federal appellate · 306 district · 355 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,300 later decisions (33 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2024 · most notably Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert (1947), Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno (1982)
505 federal appellate · 306 district · 355 state decisions — followed in 40 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedKoster v. (American) Lumbermens Mut. Casualty Co. (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · Trustees v. Greenough · City of Indianapolis v. Chase Nat Bank of City of New York · Pennsylvania v. Williams
Cited together with Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · Williams v. Green Bay & Western Railroad
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 2,300 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a real showing of convenience by a plaintiff who has sued in his home forum will normally outweigh the inconvenience the defendant may have shown.”
71 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the ultimate inquiry is where trial will best serve the convenience of the parties and the ends of justice.”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is not [the shareholder's] own but the corporation's. It is the real party in interest and he is allowed to act in protection of its interest somewhat as a 'next friend' might do for an individual, because it is disabled from protecting itself.”
12 later decisions 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.