Platt v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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240 federal appellate · 61 district · 21 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 636 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) location of corporate defendant; (2) location of possible witnesses; (3) location of events likely to be in issue; (4) location of documents and records likely to be involved; (5) disruption of defendant’s business unless the case is transferred; (6) expense to the parties; (7) location of counsel; (8) relative accessibility of place of trial; (9) docket condition of each district or division involved; and (10) any other special elements which might affect the transfer.”

   22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re United States · United States v. Kirk Tang Yuk

2. “Criminal defendants have no constitutional right to have a trial in their home districts, nor does the location of the defendant's home have 'independent significance in determining whether transfer to that district would be in the interest of justice.'”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Gasch · United States v. Jessup

3. ““ ‘The Constitution makes it clear that determination of proper venue in a criminal case requires determination of where the crime was committed . . . the provision for trial in the vicinity of the crime is a safeguard against the unfairness and hardship involved when an accused is prosecuted in a remote place.’ ” Platt v. Minnesota Mining Co., 376 U.S. 240, 245 , 11 L. Ed. 2d 674 , 84 S. Ct. 769 (1964).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Grace Lenihan · State v. Jurdan