Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
821 F.2d 1147 · 1987
Citation profile
126 federal appellate · 15 district · 40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 347 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2022 · most notably Chan v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd. (1989), In re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983 (1987)
126 federal appellate · 15 district · 40 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 2671 · 28 U.S.C. § 2674 · 28 U.S.C. § 2675
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Hanna v. Plumer · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
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 347 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(i) the administrative difficulties flowing from court congestion; (ii) the local interest in having localized controversies resolved at home; (iii) the interest in having a the trial of a diversity case in a forum that is familiar with the law that must govern the action; (iv) the avoidance of unnecessary problems in conflicts of law, or in application of foreign law; and (v) the unfairness of burdening citizens in an unrelated forum with jury duty.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) relative ease of access to sources of proof; (2) availability of compulsory process to secure the attendance of unwilling witnesses; (3) cost of attendance for willing witnesses; and (4) all other practical problems that make trial of a case easy, expeditious and inexpensive.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A foreign forum is available when the entire case and all parties can come within the jurisdiction of that forum. A foreign forum is adequate when the parties will not be deprived of all remedies or treated unfairly even though they may not enjoy the same benefits as they might receive in an American court.”
15 later decisions 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.