In the Matter of the Complaint of Unterweser Reederei, Gmbh. Zapata Off-Shore Company v. M/s Bremen and Unterweser Reederei Gmbh’s Empirical Analysis

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29 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “allowing simultaneous prosecution of the same action in a foreign forum thousands of miles away would result in 'inequitable hardship' and 'tend to frustrate and delay the speedy and efficient determination of the cause'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bae Systems Technology Solution & Services, Inc. v. Republic of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration · Gau Shan Company Ltd v. Bankers Trust Company

2. “In 1950 it was said of the few cases that enforced a forum clause, “they stand alone, separate and apart, branded with the malodorous antipathy of a bastard child at a family reunion of bluebloods.” Comment, Agreements in Advance Conferring Exclusive Jurisdiction on Foreign Courts, 10 La.L.Rev. 293, 297 (1950).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Public Water Supply District No. 1 v. American Insurance · 471 F. Supp. 1071 - PUBLIC WATER, ETC. v. American Ins. Co.

3. “[whether the] foreign litigation ... would (1) frustrate a policy of the forum issuing the injunction; (2) be vexatious or oppressive; (3) threaten the issuing court’s in rem or quasi in rem jurisdiction; or (4) where the proceedings prejudice other equitable considerations'.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc. · Gallo Winery v. Andina Licores Sa