De Melo v. Lederle Laboratories’s Empirical Analysis
801 F.2d 1058 · 1986
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 9 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc. (1987), Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc. (1992)
13 federal appellate · 9 district · 7 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · 102 S. Ct. 969 - United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd.
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the administrative difficulties flowing from court congestion; (2) the “local interest in having localized controversies decided at home;” (3) the interest in having the trial of a diversity case in a forum that is at home with the law that must govern the action; (4) the avoidance of unnecessary problems in conflict of law or- in the application of foreign law; and (5) the unfairness of burdening citizens in an unrelated forum with jury duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the relative ease of access to sources of proof; (2) the availability of compulsory process for attendance of unwilling witnesses and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing witnesses; (3) possibility to view the premises, if view would be appropriate; (4) all other problems that make trial of a case easy, expeditious and inexpensive; and (5) questions as to the enforceability of a judgment if one is obtained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“1) relative ease of access to sources of proof; 2) availability of compulsory process for attendance of unwilling, and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing, witnesses; 3) possibility of view of the premises, if view would be appropriate to the action; and 4) all other practical problems that make trial of a ease easy, expeditious and inexpensive.”
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.