Parsons & Whittemore Overseas Co. v. Societe Generale de L'Industrie du Papier (RAKTA)’s Empirical Analysis
508 F.2d 969 · 1974
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 17 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 142 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim & Sons, W.L.L. v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. (1997), Andros Compania Maritima Sa Kissavos Marc Rich Co Ag
48 federal appellate · 17 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United Steelworkers of America v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp · Wilko v. Swan · Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · Seaboard Shipping Corp. v. Moran Inland Waterways Corp.
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 142 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Convention's public policy defense should be construed narrowly”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Industrial Risk Insurers, Barnard & Burk Group, Inc., Barnard and Burk Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Isi, Inc., American Home Assurance Co., Defendants-Third-Party v. M.A.N. Gutehoffnungshutte Gmbh, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Holland & Knight, Mark E. Grantham v. Industrial Risk Insurers, Barnard & Burk Group, Inc., Barnard and Burk Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Isi, Inc., American Home Assurance Co., Defendants-Third-Party · Brandeis Intsel Ltd. v. Calabrian Chemicals Corp.“[B]y agreeing to submit disputes to arbitration, a party relinquishes ... courtroom rights, including that to subpoena witnesses, in favor of arbitration with all its well-known advantages and drawbacks.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“deals with a difference not contemplated by or not falling within the terms of the submission to arbitration.”
5 later decisions 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.