Lawrence v. Xerox Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To examine ‘the relative ease of access to sources of proof and the availability of witnesses, the [District [CJourt must scrutinize the substance of the dispute between the parties to evaluate what proof is required, and determine whether the pieces of the evidence cited by the parties are critical, or even relevant, to the plaintiffs cause of action and to any potential defenses to the action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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.”
2 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.