Refco, Inc. v. Galadari’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently February 2025
2 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · Logarusic v. United States · Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution v. Hill · Arango v. Guzman Travel Advisors 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a) A “foreign state”, ... includes ... an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in subsection (b). b) An “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” means any entity— 1) which is a separate legal person, corporation or otherwise, and 2) which is an organ of a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, or a majority of whose shares or other ownership interest is owned by a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, and 3) which is neither a citizen of a State of the United States as defined in section 1332(c) and (d) of this title, nor created under the laws of any third country.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any civil action brought in a State court against a foreign state as defined in section 1603(a) of this title may be removed by the foreign state to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such action is pending. Upon removal the action shall be tried by the court without a jury. Where removal is based upon this subsection, the time limitations of section 1446(b) of this chapter may be enlarged at any time for cause shown.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any entity (1) which is a separate legal person, corporate or otherwise, and (2) which is an organ of a foreign state or political subdivision thereof ..., or a majority of whose shares or other ownership interest is owned by a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, and (3) which is neither a citizen of a state of the United States ... nor created under the laws of any third country. 28 U.S.C. § 1603 .”
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.