Williams v. Hoyt’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1392 · 28 U.S.C. § 1393 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on Suttle v. Reich Bros. Construction Co. · 196 F. Supp. 192 - De George v. Mandata Poultry Company · 194 F. Supp. 660 - Minter v. Fowler & Williams, Inc. · Johnson v. Tri-State Motor Transit Co. · Johnson v. B. G. Coon Construction 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A corporation may be sued in any judicial district in which it is incorporated or licensed to do business or is doing business, and such judicial district shall be regarded as the residence of such corporation for venue purposes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Except as otherwise provided, any civil action, not of a local nature, against a single defendant in a district containing more than one division must be brought in the division where he resides.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district where it might have been brought.”
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.