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460 F. Supp. 2d 270 - Boateng v. General Dynamics Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

cited by 9 later decisions

March 2019

most recently cited

9 district ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

Relies on Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. · Codex Corporation and Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. Milgo Electronic Corporation and International Communications Corporation · Fairview MacHine & Tool Co. v. Oakbrook International, Inc. · Berrigan v. Greyhound Lines, Inc. · 129 F. Supp. 2d 56 - Sigros v. Walt Disney World 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“Convenience of the witnesses does not support transfer, because although a majority of the expected witnesses reside in North Carolina, virtually all of them are employed by the defendants, and defendants can therefore readily produce their appearance in Massachusetts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 368 F. Supp. 3d 178 - Dress v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.
“If, however, a court order or the persuasion of an employer who is a party to the action can secure the appearance of witnesses regardless of the location of forum, that factor diminishes in importance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 368 F. Supp. 3d 178 - Dress v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.
“For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 667 F. Supp. 2d 205 - Kaufmann v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

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.