Aftab v. Gonzalez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 district ·

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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A civil action in which a defendant is an officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof acting in his official capacity or under color of legal authority, or an agency of the United States, or the United States, may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought in any judicial district in which (1) a defendant in the action resides, (2) a substantial part of the events of omis sions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of the property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) the plaintiff resides if no real property is involved in the action.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 839 F. Supp. 2d 180 - Hill v. Napolitano · 923 F. Supp. 2d 89 - Willis v. Chase Home Finance

2. “[P]rivate-interest factors include: (1) the plaintiff's choice of forum; (2) the defendant's choice of forum; (3) whether the claim arose elsewhere; (4) the convenience of the parties; (5) the convenience of the witnesses; and (6) the ease of access to sources of proof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nat'l Women's Political Caucus, Inc. v. Metropolitan Louisville Women's Political Caucus, Inc.

3. “(1) the transferee's familiarity with the governing laws; (2) the relative congestion of the calendars of the transferor and transferee courts; and (3) the local interest in having local controversies decided at home.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nat'l Women's Political Caucus, Inc. v. Metropolitan Louisville Women's Political Caucus, Inc.