Unger v. Consol. Foods Corp., 464 U.S. 1017 (1983). · Go Syfert
Unger v. Consol. Foods Corp., 464 U.S. 1017 (1983). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
“we note that the supreme court has dismissed for lack of a substantial federal question three appeals from state decisions upholding financial disclosure laws____ he statute challenged in this case, and the issues raised differ in important respects ....”
150 citation events (19 in the last 25 years) across 39 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: League of Women Voters v. Nassau County Board of Supervisors (ca2, 1984-05-22) · Strongest negative: George E. Mercier and Susan Y. Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc., A/K/A Itt-Sheraton International, Inc. (ca1, 1992-12-22)
Treatment trajectory · 1984 → 2026 · click a year to view as-of
1984 2005 2026
Top citers, strongest first. 30 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "but see" George E. Mercier and Susan Y. Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc., A/K/A Itt-Sheraton International, Inc.
1st Cir. · 1992 · signal: but see · confidence high
It has been noted that an action should not be dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds without first considering “the realities of the plaintiffs position, financial or otherwise, and his or her ability as a practical matter to bring suit in the alternative forum.” Lehman v. Humphrey Cayman, Ltd., 713 F.2d 339 (8th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1042 , 104 S.Ct. 708 , 79 L.Ed.2d 172 (1984) (vacating transfer to Cayman Islands, based in part on indigent plaintiffs inability to post “cost bond”); see also Macedo v. Boeing Co., 693 F.2d 683, 688, 690 (7th Cir.1982) (“cost bond” r…
examined Cited as authority (quoted) League of Women Voters v. Nassau County Board of Supervisors
2d Cir. · 1984 · signal: cf. · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
we note that the supreme court has dismissed for lack of a substantial federal question three appeals from state decisions upholding financial disclosure laws____ he statute challenged in this case, and the issues raised differ in important respects ....
examined Cited as authority (quoted) The League Of Women Voters Of Nassau County v. Nassau County Board Of Supervisors
2d Cir. · 1984 · signal: cf. · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
we note that the supreme court has dismissed for lack of a substantial federal question three appeals from state decisions upholding financial disclosure laws.... he statute challenged in this case, and the issues raised differ in important respects ....
cited Cited as authority (rule) Chhawchharia v. Boeing Co.
S.D.N.Y. · 1987 · confidence medium
Ct. 549, 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
cited Cited "see" American Home Assurance Co. v. TGL Container Lines, Ltd.
N.D. Cal. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, Lui Su Nai-Chao v. Boeing Co., 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
cited Cited "see" Manufactured Housing Communities v. State
Wash. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Granat v. Keasler, 99 Wn.2d 564 , 663 P.2d 830 (discussing similar problems for owners of houseboats renting moorage), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1018 , 104 S. Ct. 549 , 78 L.
cited Cited "see" Manufactured Housing Communities v. State
Wash. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Granat v. Keasler, 99 Wash.2d 564 , 663 P.2d 830 (discussing similar problems for owners of houseboats renting moorage), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1018 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
discussed Cited "see" Marchman v. NCNB Texas National Bank
N.M. · 1995 · signal: accord · confidence high
In re Air Crash Disaster, 821 F.2d at 1165 -66 (quoting Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 792 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981)); accord Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
cited Cited "see" Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Oy Wartsila AB
S.D. Fla. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1410 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
discussed Cited "see" Lou v. Belzberg
9th Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1409 (9th Cir.) (citing Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 257 , 102 S.Ct. 252, 266 , 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981)), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1988); Commodity Futures Trading Comm’n v. Savage, 611 F.2d 270, 279 (9th Cir.1979).
discussed Cited "see" A. Jacques Lou v. William Belzberg Hyman Belzberg Samuel Belzberg First City Financial Corporation First City Trust Company Roxboro Investments Ltd. Bel-Fran Investments Ltd. Bel-Cal Holdings Ltd. Bel-Alta Holdings Ltd. Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. John R. Hall Robert T. McCowan William R. Seaton Charles J. Luellen Samuel C. Butler Eugene W. Erikson James B. Farley Robert D. Gordon Walter W. Hillenmeyer Don T. McKone Harold S. Mohler Grover E. Murray Jane C. Pfeiffer Robert S. Reigeluth James R. Rinehart F.H. Ross Robert Stobaugh Richard L. Terrell James W. Vandereer Ashland Oil, Inc., Pauline Mickler Erwin A. Sherman Lynch, Sherman & Cox Merrill G. Davidoff Sherrie R. Savett Berger & Montague, P.C., A. Jacques Lou v. William Belzberg Hyman Belzberg Samuel Belzberg First City Financial Corporation First City Trust Company Roxboro Investments Ltd. Bel-Fran Investments Ltd. Bel-Cal Holdings Ltd. Bel-Alta Holdings Ltd. Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. John R. Hall Robert T. McCowan William R. Seaton Charles J. Luellen Samuel C. Butler Eugene W. Erikson James B. Farley Robert D. Gordon Walter W. Hillenmeyer Don T. McKone Harold S. Mohler Grover E. Murray Jane C. Pfeiffer Robert S. Reigeluth F.H. Ross Robert B. Stobaugh Richard L. Terrell James W. Vandereer
1st Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1409 (9th Cir.) (citing Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 257 , 102 S.Ct. 252, 266 , 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981)), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983); Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Savage, 611 F.2d 270, 279 (9th Cir.1979).
discussed Cited "see" Rowland v. Fayed
D.D.C. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983); Corporacion Venezolana de Fomento v. Vintero Sales Corp., 629 F.2d 786 (2nd Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1080 , 101 S.Ct. 863 , 66 L.Ed.2d 804 (1981); Field v. Volkswagenwerk A.G., 626 F.2d 293 (3rd Cir.1980); De Wit v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, N.V., 570 F.Supp. 613 (S.D.N.Y.1983); Dadzie on behalf of Int'l Kal-Sahara Corp. v. Leslie, 550 F.Supp. 77 (E.D.Pa.1982); Trans World Hospital Supplies, Ltd. v. Hospital Corp. of America, 542 F.Supp. 869 (M.D.Tenn.1982); Cunard,…
discussed Cited "see" Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 5 v. City of Philadelphia
3rd Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554, 1559 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983); Plante v. Gonzalez, 575 F.2d 1119, 1132-33 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1129 , 99 S.Ct. 1047 , 59 L.Ed.2d 90 (1979); see also Developments, Public Employees Financial Disclosure Law Requiring Detailed Disclosure from Low-Echelon Employees Not Unconstitutional, 62 Wash. U.L.Q. 337 (1984).
discussed Cited "see" Fraternal Order Of Police, Lodge No. 5 v. City Of Philadelphia
3rd Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554, 1559 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983); Plante v. Gonzalez, 575 F.2d 1119, 1132-33 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1129 , 99 S.Ct. 1047 , 59 L.Ed.2d 90 (1979); see also Developments, Public Employees Financial Disclosure Law Requiring Detailed Disclosure from Low-Echelon Employees Not Unconstitutional, 62 Wash.U.L.Q. 337 (1984).
cited Cited "see" Michael Kuzma v. United States Postal Service
2d Cir. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554, 1558-60 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
cited Cited "see" Timberlane Lumber Company v. Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
9th Cir. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1409-10 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
discussed Cited "see" In Re an Inquiry Concerning Agerter (2×)
Minn. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554, 1559 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
cited Cited "see" Heerema Marine Contractors v. Santa Fe International Corp.
C.D. Cal. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Maria v. Altmann, an Individual v. Republic of Austria, a Foreign State and the Austrian Gallery, an Agency of the Republic of Austria
9th Cir. · 2002 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Nai- *973 Chao v. Boeing Co., 555 F.Supp. 9, 16 (N.D.Cal.1982) (holding that despite filing fees amounting to one percent of claim and an additional one-half percent for each appeal, Taiwan was an adequate forum), aff'd sub nom, Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983); see also Mercier v. Sheraton Int’l, Inc., 981 F.2d 1345, 1353 (1st Cir.1992), cert. denied, 508 U.S. 912 , 113 S.Ct. 2346 , 124 L.Ed.2d 255 (1993) (fifteen percent Turkish bond would not prohibit court from finding Turkey adequate forum); Mur…
cited Cited "see, e.g." Chiquita International Ltd. v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, N.V.
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 1997 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also, Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983); Contact Lumber Co. v. P.T.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Taylor v. United States of America Internal Revenue Service
N.D. Iowa · 1996 · signal: see also · confidence low
Alexander, 993 F.2d at 1349 -50 (citing Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589 , 97 S.Ct. 869 , 51 L.Ed.2d 64 (1977), as distinguishing between “the right to make important decisions such as marriage, procreation, and child rearing, without the interference of government” and “the right to privacy ... in an individual’s interest in avoiding disclosures of personal matters”); see also Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554, 1558-59 (2d Cir.) (also recognizing “autonomy” and “confidentiality” strands of right to privacy, citing Whalen), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." In Re State Police Litigation
D. Conn. · 1995 · signal: see also · confidence low
Cases protecting this right have defined two specific types of privacy interests, “the individual interest in avoiding disclosure of personal matters, and ... the interest in independence in making certain kinds of important decisions.” Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589, 599-600 , 97 S.Ct. 869, 876 , 51 L.Ed.2d 64 (1977); see also Barry v. New York, 712 F.2d 1554 , 1558-59 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." National Treasury Employees Union v. U.S. Department of the Treasury
5th Cir. · 1994 · signal: see also · confidence low
See Woodland, 940 F.2d at 138 ; DuPlantier v. United States, 606 F.2d 654 (5th Cir.1979); Plante, 575 F.2d at 1134 ; see also Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554, 1559 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983). 3 .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." National Treasury Employees Union v. U.S. Department Of The Treasury
5th Cir. · 1994 · signal: see also · confidence low
See Woodland, 940 F.2d at 138 ; DuPlantier v. United States, 606 F.2d 654 (5th Cir.1979); Plante, 575 F.2d at 1134 ; see also Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554, 1559 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983) 3 The constitutional right of privacy at issue in the present case (discussed in Whalen, 429 U.S. at 598-99 , 97 S.Ct. at 876 ), like the right of privacy protected directly by the Fourth Amendment, is defined by (and extends only to) a person's "reasonable expectations." See Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128, 143 , 99 S.Ct. 421, 430 , 58 L.Ed.2d 3…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Sector Enterprises, Inc. v. DiPalermo
N.D.N.Y. · 1991 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Slevin v. City of New York, 551 F.Supp. 917, 921 (S.D.N.Y.1982), aff'd in part, rev’d in part, sub nom., Barry v. City of New York, 712 F.2d 1554 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 548 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983), in which the court ruled that “[hjonest government is so patently a worthy objective, and the capacity for venality in human behavior is so profound and ingenious, that virtually any disclosure law however intrusive might be rationally justifiable.” The fact that Igneri , and for that matter Slevin and Barry, arose in the privacy— and not First Amendment …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Lacey v. Cessna Aircraft Company
3rd Cir. · 1988 · signal: see also · confidence low
In re Air Crash, 821 F.2d at 1164 ; see also Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.) (defendant bears the burden of proving the existence of an adequate alternative forum), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Lacey v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
3rd Cir. · 1988 · signal: see also · confidence low
See, In re Air Crash, 821 F.2d at 1164 ; see also Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.) (defendant bears the burden of proving the existence of an adequate alternative forum), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." James v. Gulf International Marine Corp.
5th Cir. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
E.g., Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Robertson, 713 F.2d 1151, 1166 (5th Cir.1983); see also Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983) (appellate court would not consider fact that Taiwanese courts did not admit suits by foreign plaintiffs where American appellants failed to raise issue to trial court weighing forum non conveniens factors).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." James v. Gulf International Marine Corp.
5th Cir. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
E.g., Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Robertson, 713 F.2d 1151, 1166 (5th Cir.1983); see also Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983) (appellate court would not consider fact that Taiwanese courts did not admit suits by foreign plaintiffs where American appellants failed to raise issue to trial court weighing forum non conveniens factors).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Santiago Pereira v. Utah Transport, Inc. And Utah Shippers, Inc.
9th Cir. · 1985 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983) (case involving airline crash in Taiwan dismissed for forum non conveniens with no discussion of choice of law).
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Unger
v.
Consolidated Foods Corp.
No. 83-657.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Dec 12, 1983.
464 U.S. 1017

C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.