700 F. Supp. 449 - Castelli v. Steele’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently July 2014
2 federal appellate · 3 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 Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Burger King Corporation v. Rudzewicz · International Administrators, Inc. v. Life Insurance Co. of North America · Eby v. York-Division, Borg-Warner · Hubbard Manufacturing Co. v. Greeson
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The historical choice-of-law rules for torts, like contracts, was lex loci delicti commissi, which applied the substantive law where the tort was committed. The tort is said to have been committed in the state where the last event necessary to make an actor liable for the alleged wrong takes place. Rigid application of the traditional rule to this case, however, would lead to an anomalous result. Had plaintiff Elizabeth Greeson filed suit in any bordering state the only forum which would not have applied the substantive law of Indiana is Indiana. To avoid this inappropriate result, we look elsewhere for guidance. Choice-of-law rules are fundamentally judge-made and designed to ensure the appropriate substantive law applies. In a large number of cases, the place of the tort will be significant and the place with the most contacts. In such cases, the traditional rules serves well. A court should be allowed to evaluate other factors when the place of the tort is an insignificant contact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Melton v. Stephens“to ask where the last event necessary to give rise to liability occurred. “In a large number of cases, the place of [injury] will be significant and the place with the most contacts.” [ ] “In such cases, the traditional rule serves well” and should be applied.”
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.