TransAmerican Nat. Gas Corp. v. United States Dep't of the Interior, 484 U.S. 871 (1987). · Go Syfert
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“union carbide”
99 citation events (8 in the last 25 years) across 25 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Chesley v. Union Carbide Corporation (ca2, 1991-02-25)
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Top citers, strongest first. 26 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Chesley v. Union Carbide Corporation
2d Cir. · 1991 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
union carbide
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Victor C. Baris v. Sulpicio Lines, Inc., Caltex Petroleum, Inc., Caltex Petroleum Corporation, and Caltex Oil Corporation (2×)
5th Cir. · 1991 · confidence medium
In that case, since the accident occurred in India, all the plaintiffs were citizens of India, and most of the witnesses lived in India, id. at 200-01, the court agreed with the district court and held that the best forum to hear the cause of action would be in that country.
discussed Cited "see" CREST INFINITI, II, LP v. Swinton (2×)
Okla. · 2007 · signal: see · confidence high
See Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc. v. Webster, 256 U.S.App.D.C. 54 , 802 F.2d 1448 (D.C.Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987), where the court stated, "The Advisory Committee Note accompanying the Rule made clear that the new procedure does not supplant but 'supplements the existing practice whereby the examining party designates the corporate official to be deposed." The former procedure, long known to the bar, thus remains available for litigants to employ if they see fit." Id. 802 F.2d at 1451 .
discussed Cited "see" Carvalho v. Reid
S.D.N.Y. · 2000 · signal: see · confidence high
See Valentine, 29 F.3d at 50 . “[T]he requisite ‘element of willfulness or conscious disregard’ for the discovery process ... justifies the sanction of dismissal.” Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc. v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448, 1458 (D.C.Cir.1986) (citations omitted), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
discussed Cited "see" Allen v. Exxon Corp.
9th Cir. · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See Founding Church of Scientology v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448, 1458 (D.C.Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987); United States v. Sumitomo Marine & Fire Ins., 617 F.2d 1365 , 1369 (9th Cir. 1980).
cited Cited "see" Manela v. Garantia Banking Ltd.
S.D.N.Y. · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India, in Dec. 1984, 809 F.2d 195, 204 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987). 20 .
discussed Cited "see" Nationsbank of Florida v. Banco Exterior De Espana
S.D.N.Y. · 1994 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re Union Carbide Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, 634 F.Supp. 842 (S.D.N.Y.), aff'd as mod., 809 F.2d 195 (2d Cir.), cert. denied sub nom., Executive Committee Members v. Union of India, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
discussed Cited "see" Preston Proctor v. Millar Elevator Service Company
D.C. Cir. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See Founding Church of Scientology v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448, 1457 (D.C.Cir.1986) (“[I]n cases of dismissal imposed as a sanction, the applicable standard of review confines appellate inquiry to whether the district court abused its discretion.”), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
discussed Cited "see" Bano Bi, Individually and on Behalf of the Children of Rashid Kahn, and as Representative of the Estate of Rashid Kahn v. Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc., Abdul Wahid v. Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.
2d Cir. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India in December 1984, 809 F.2d 195 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987). 4 In September 1986, the Indian Government, acting pursuant to its authority under the Bhopal Act, brought suit on behalf of all claimants in the District Court of Bhopal.
cited Cited "see" Bi v. Union Carbide Chemicals
2d Cir. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India in December 1984, 809 F.2d 195 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
cited Cited "see" Pariente v. Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re Union Carbide Corporation Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, 809 F.2d 195 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
discussed Cited "see" Lockman Foundation v. Evangelical Alliance Mission Evangelical Alliance Mission of Japan Kenneth G. McVety
9th Cir. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster, 809 F.2d 195, 199, 202 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987); Danser v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., 86 F.R.D. 120, 122 (S.D.N.Y.1980).
discussed Cited "see" Chesley v. Union Carbide Corp.
2d Cir. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster, 634 F.Supp. 842 (S.D.N.Y.1986), modified, 809 F.2d 195 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987) (“Union Carbide").
cited Cited "see" Weil v. Seltzer
D.C. Cir. · 1989 · signal: see · confidence high
See Founding Church of Scientology v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448, 1457 (D.C.Cir.1986), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
cited Cited "see" Weil v. Seltzer
D.C. Cir. · 1989 · signal: see · confidence high
See Founding Church of Scientology v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448, 1457 (D.C.Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Ruppen v. Ruppen
Ind. Ct. App. · 1993 · signal: see also · confidence low
IND.CODE 31-1-11.6-28; see also In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India v. Union Carbide Corp. (24 Cir.1987), 809 F.2d 195 , cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 ; Lotte U. v. Leo U. (1985), 128 Misc.2d 896 , 491 N.Y.S.2d 581 (refusal to recognize a foreign sovereign's jurisdiction held proper when the sovereign failed to provide the parties due process).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Kenneth R. Bruce
9th Cir. · 1992 · signal: see also · confidence low
See Jaramillo-Suarez, 857 F.2d at 1369 ; see also Hayes v. Kincheloe, 784 F.2d 1434, 1436 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 198 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987) (reviewing voluntariness of plea on habeas de novo).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Alma Torreblanca De Aguilar v. Boeing Co.
E.D. Tex. · 1992 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See e.g., In re Union Carbide Corp., Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, 809 F.2d 195, 199-200 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Church of Scientology Western United States and Cal Cole, President, Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Church of Scientology International and Lynn Farny, Secretary, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants
9th Cir. · 1992 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc. v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448 (D.C.Cir.1986) (church's action against the FBI alleging an "extensive campaign of government harassment" dismissed for failure to comply with a discovery order), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987); Church of Scientology of California v. Foley, 640 F.2d 1335 (D.C.Cir.) (per curiam) (en banc) (statute of limitations barred case seeking civil damages against employees of the Department of Labor, IRS and Department of State for allegedly disseminating false information in …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Church of Scientology Western United States
9th Cir. · 1992 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc. v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448 (D.C.Cir.1986) (church’s action against the FBI alleging an “extensive campaign of government harassment” dismissed for failure to comply with a discovery order), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987); Church of Scientology of California v. Foley, 640 F.2d 1335 (D.C.Cir.) (per curiam) (en banc) (statute of limitations barred case seeking civil damages against employees of the Department of Labor, IRS and Department of State for allegedly disseminating false informati…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Mabel A. King v. James F. Palmer, Director, D.C. Department of Corrections Mabel A. King v. James F. Palmer, Director, D.C. Department of Corrections (2×)
D.C. Cir. · 1991 · signal: see also · confidence low
Under this standard of review, we are not to substitute our judgment of what is "reasonable" for that of the District Court; rather, we are to review the trial court's judgment only to ensure that it is not founded upon an error of law or a clearly erroneous finding of fact and that there is some evidence in the record upon which the court "rationally could have based its decision." Heat & Control, Inc. v. Hester Indus., Inc., 785 F.2d 1017, 1022 (Fed.Cir.1986); see also Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc. v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448, 1457 (D.C.Cir.1986) ("The abuse-of-discr…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Alaska
Temp. Emerg. Ct. App. · 1991 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. v. U.S. Department of Interior, 816 F.2d 689 (TECA), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 198 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987); Placid Oil Co. v. Ashland Oil, Inc., 792 F.2d 1127 (TECA 1986); United States v. Hollingsworth Oil Co., 760 F.2d 1295 (TECA 1985).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Page v. Ekbladh
Pa. Super. Ct. · 1991 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India, in December 1984, 634 F.Supp. 842 (S.D.N.Y.1986), aff'd and modified, 809 F.2d 195 (2d Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1988); Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235 , 102 S.Ct. 252 , 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Dukes v. New York City Police Commissioner Ward
S.D.N.Y. · 1990 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. v. Standard Precision, 559 F.2d 203, 208 (2d Cir.1977) (“Dismissal under [Rule] 37 is a drastic penalty which should be imposed only in extreme circumstances.”) Nonetheless, the “ ‘element of willfulness or conscious disregard’ for the discovery process ... justifies the sanction of dismissal.” Founding Church of Scientology, Inc. v. Webster, 802 F.2d 1448, 1458 (D.C.Cir.1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 (1987) (citations omitted).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Ernst v. Ernst
S.D.N.Y. · 1989 · signal: see also · confidence medium
See Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 247, 250 , 102 S.Ct. 252, 261, 263 , 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981); see also In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India in December, 1984, 809 F.2d 195, 205-06 (2d Cir.) (circuit court reversed district judge’s imposition of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s broad discovery rules on defendant even though judge was attempting to adjust for the more limited discovery provided under foreign law), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 871 , 108 S.Ct. 199 , 98 L.Ed.2d 150 *68 (1987).
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TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp.
v.
United States Department of the Interior
No. 86-1712.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 5, 1987.
484 U.S. 871

Temp. Emerg. Ct. App. Motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for certiorari denied. Certiorari denied.