Cain v. DeDonatis’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406
Relies on Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · Olberding v. Illinois Central Railroad · Plum Tree, Inc. v. Stockment · Fitzgerald v. Central Gulf Steamship 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. the plaintiffs choice of forum; 2. relative ease of access to sources of proof; 3. availability of compulsory process for attendance of unwilling witnesses; 4. cost of obtaining attendance of willing witnesses; 5. possibility of viewing premises, if applicable; 6. all other practical problems that make trial of a case easy, expeditious, and inexpensive; and 7. “public interest” factors, including the relative congestion of court dockets, choice of law considerations, and the relationship of the community in which the courts and jurors are required to serve to the occurrences that give rise to the litigation.”
1 later decision 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.