Williams v. Romarm, SA’s Empirical Analysis
756 F.3d 777 · 2014
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1330 (§ 2 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1603 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976)
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson · Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty. · Marks v. United States · Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a fragmented Court decides a case and no single rationale explaining the result enjoys the assent of five justices, 'the holding of the Court may be viewed as that position taken by those Members who concurred in the judgment on the narrowest grounds.' " Marks v. United States , 430 U.S. 188 , 193, 97 S.Ct. 990 , 51 L.Ed.2d 260 (1977) (quoting Gregg v. Georgia , 428 U.S. 153 , 169 n.15, 96 S.Ct. 2909 , 49 L.Ed.2d 859 (1976) (opinion of Stewart, Powell, and Stevens, JJ) ). In Nicastro , Justice Breyer held that "resolving [the] case require[d] no more than adhering to [the Supreme Court's] precedents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“should not bé employed as a second opportunity to brief an issue not raised in the initial briefs,” but rather”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“no 'regular ... flow' or 'regular course' of sales,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.