Vail v. Pan Am Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78M (§ 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1407 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California · Cort v. Ash · Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
Most-quoted passages
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“The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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