Daz-Rodrguez’s Empirical Analysis

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15 district · 1 state decisions

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[o]ne is the “nerve center” test which searches for the location from where the activities of the corporation are controlled and directed. The two other tests are the “center of corporate activity” test, i.e., where the corporation’s day-to-day management takes place; and the “locus of operations of the corporation” test, i.e., where the bulk of the corporation’s actual physical operations are located.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Torres Vazquez v. Commercial Union Insurance · 420 F. Supp. 2d 1 - Able Sales Co. v. Mead Johnson Puerto Rico, Inc.

2. “[i]n the future, district courts required to determine a corporation's principal place of business should not apply the center of corporate activity test. Instead, they should use either the nerve center test or the locus of operations test, depending on the characteristics of the corporation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Torres Vazquez v. Commercial Union Insurance

3. “that is, when no plaintiff is a citizen of the same state as any defendant”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 525 F. Supp. 2d 289 - York v. Day Transfer Co.