Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
789 F.2d 1092 · 1986
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2011
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2674
Relies on Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · Richards v. United States · Coastal Steel Corp. v. Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc.
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is beyond the pale of reason to conclude that Uruguay would have an interest in prohibiting the award, provided no Uruguayan defendant is involved. We are persuaded that the needs of the international system will be served best in this instance by application of the law of Louisiana.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“once it is determined that recovery under Louisiana law equals or exceeds that available under Uruguayan law, the interest of Uruguay recedes”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Louisiana law provided no remedy [for a nephew's wrongful death action]; the law of Uruguay did”
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.