421 F. Supp. 2d 110 - Varma v. Gutierrez’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
12 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406 · 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 791 · 35 U.S.C. § 1 (American Inventors Protection Act of 1999) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 706 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Haines v. Kerner · Victor H. Sparrow, Iii, v. United Air Lines, Inc., et al. · 254 F. Supp. 2d 52 - Freeman v. Fallin · 148 F. Supp. 2d 50 - 2215 Fifth Street Associates, LP v. U-Haul International, Inc. · 260 F. Supp. 2d 1 - Quarles v. General Investment & Development 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a judicial district where any defendant resides, if all defendants reside in the same State, (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“However, if the plaintiff is proceeding pro se , the factual allegations contained in [his] complaint should be held 'to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.' " Id. (quoting Sparrow v. United Air Lines, Inc. , 216 F.3d 1111 , 1113 n.2 (D.C. Cir. 2000) ). 3 "Unless there are pertinent factual disputes to resolve, a challenge to venue presents a pure question of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]n action may be brought in any judicial district in the State in which the unlawful employment practice is alleged to have been committed, in the judicial district in which the employment records relevant to such practice are maintained and administered, or in the judicial district in which the aggrieved person would have worked but for the alleged unlawful employment practice[.]”
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.