Smith v. Doe’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406
Relies on Carnegie v. United States · M/s Bremen v. Zapata off-Shore Company · Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute · Jacoway v. Anderson · Marek v. Marpan Two, 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The passenger and carrier agree that all disputes and matters arising under, in connection with or incidental to the Contract shall be litigated, if at all before a court located in the State, City, and County of New York to the exclusion of the courts of any other country, state, city or county.””
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.