Chapman v. Dow Chem. Co., 454 U.S. 1128 (1981). · Go Syfert
Chapman v. Dow Chem. Co., 454 U.S. 1128 (1981). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
“courts may validly protect their dockets from cases which arise within their jurisdiction, but which lack significant connection to it; may legitimately encourage trial of controversies in the localities in which they arise”
207 citation events (24 in the last 25 years) across 44 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: George E. Mercier and Susan Y. Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc., A/K/A Itt-Sheraton International, Inc. (ca1, 1992-12-22) · Strongest negative: Doe v. Hyland Therapeutics Division (nysd, 1992-12-01)
Treatment trajectory · 1981 → 2026 · click a year to view as-of
1981 2003 2026
Top citers, strongest first. 34 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "but see" Doe v. Hyland Therapeutics Division
S.D.N.Y. · 1992 · signal: but see · confidence high
See Piper, 454 U.S. at 255 -56 and n. 23, 102 S.Ct. at 265 -66 and n. 23 (finding reasonable the practice of giving less deference to a foreign plaintiff’s choice of forum); see also In re Union Carbide, 809 F.2d at 202 (little or no deference paid to plaintiffs’ choice of U.S. forum where most of the 200,000 plaintiffs were Indian citizens); But see Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 795-97 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981) (questioning the significance accorded to citizenship of parties in forum non conveniens inquiry).
discussed Cited "but see" Domingo v. New England Fish Co. (2×) also: Cited "see"
9th Cir. · 1984 · signal: but see · confidence high
But see Williams v. United States District Court, 658 F.2d 430, 435 (6th Cir.) (adopting a three-prong test), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
discussed Cited "but see" 34 Fair empl.prac.cas. 584, 33 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,253 Nemesio D. Domingo, Jr. Samuel Cabansag, Jr. Joseph C. Ancheta Thomas G. Carpenter and Terri Jane Mast, as Administrator of the Estate of Silme G. Domingo Nellie Kookesh Audrey A. Merculief Frank Paul Mary Paul Tony Evon, Sr. And Samuel Strauss, Plaintiffs-Appellants/cross-Appellees v. New England Fish Company, and Nefco Fidalgo Packing Co., Defendants- Appellees/cross-Appellants (2×) also: Cited "see"
9th Cir. · 1984 · signal: but see · confidence high
But see Williams v. United States District Court, 658 F.2d 430, 435 (6th Cir.) (adopting a three-prong test), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981). 74 In Gulf Oil, the Court emphasized its frustration with the state of the record when it noted that "[t]he record reveals no grounds on which the District Court could have determined that it was necessary or appropriate to impose this order," and that "one looks in vain for any indication of a careful weighing of competing factors." 452 U.S. at 102, 103 , 101 S.Ct. at 2200, 2201 (footnote omitted).
examined Cited as authority (quoted) George E. Mercier and Susan Y. Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc., A/K/A Itt-Sheraton International, Inc.
1st Cir. · 1992 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
courts may validly protect their dockets from cases which arise within their jurisdiction, but which lack significant connection to it; may legitimately encourage trial of controversies in the localities in which they arise
cited Cited as authority (rule) Lugones v. Sandals Resorts, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · 1995 · confidence medium
Defendant carries the burden to produce “enough information to enable the district court to balance the parties interest.” Piper Aircraft, 454 U.S. at 258, 102 S.Ct. at 267.
discussed Cited "see" Richard Hale Austin v. State of Tennessee
Tenn. Crim. App. · 2006 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Austin, 618 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn. 1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S. Ct. 980 (1981).
discussed Cited "see" State v. Austin (2×)
Tenn. · 2002 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Austin, 618 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
cited Cited "see" State of Tennessee v. Richard Hale Austin
Tenn. Crim. App. · 2001 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Austin, 618 S.W.2d 738 (Tenn.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S. Ct. 980 (1981).
cited Cited "see" Marra v. Papandreou
D.D.C. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 780 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. den., 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); see also Nodes v. S.N.C.
discussed Cited "see" Robert Glen Coe, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellee (2×)
6th Cir. · 1999 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Austin, 618 S.W.2d 738, 742 (Tenn.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); State v. Dicks, 615 S.W.2d 126 (Tenn.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 933 , 102 S.Ct. 431 , 70 L.Ed.2d 240 (1981).
discussed Cited "see" Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, P.C. v. Hazard
D.D.C. · 1998 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 783 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); 4 Air Line Pilots Ass’n v. Eastern Air Lines, 672 F.Supp. 525, 526 (D.D.C.1987); International Bhd. of Painters and Allied Trades Union v. Bes Painting and Sandblasting Co., 621 F.Supp. 906, 907 (D.D.C.1985).
discussed Cited "see" Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. v. Rosenberger
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 1997 · signal: see · confidence high
See Id. (citing Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 795-98 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981)). [12] Ryder did not submit any affidavits in support of its motion.
discussed Cited "see" Dunham v. Hotelera Canco S.A. De C.V.
E.D. Va. · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 790 (D.C.Cir.1980) (inability of a party to implead another party directly involved in the controversy is a factor which favors dismissal under forum non conveniens), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); Hodson, supra, at 822.
discussed Cited "see" Hyatt Corp. v. Howarth
Fla. Dist. Ct. App. · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775 (D.C.Cir.1980) (case transferred when plaintiff was not citizen of forum), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); Villar v. Crowley Maritime Corp., 780 F.Supp. 1467 (S.D.Tex.1992), aff'd, 990 F.2d 1489 (5th Cir.1993), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1044 , 114 S.Ct. 690 , 126 L.Ed.2d 658 (1994) (same). "`In sum, this is a [Monroe County] case,' which belongs in [Monroe County]." See Della-Donna v. Gore Newspaper Co., 390 So.2d 87, 88 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980) (quoting Leinberger v. Webster, 66 F.R.D. 28, 35 (E.D.N.Y.19…
cited Cited "see" Kinney System, Inc. v. Continental Ins. Co.
Fla. · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
cited Cited "see" Dowling v. Hyland Therapeutics Division, Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 790 (D.C.Cir.1980), ce rt. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
cited Cited "see" AmeriFirst Bank v. Bomar
S.D. Fla. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re “Agent Orange” Products Liability Litigation, 635 F.2d 987, 993 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied sub nom, Chapman v. Dow Chemical Co., 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
discussed Cited "see" Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
5th Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 783 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc. v. M/V NORDIC REGENT, 654 F.2d 147, 154-58 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 890 , 101 S.Ct. 248 , 66 L.Ed.2d 116 (1980). .
discussed Cited "see" In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Luis Alberto Trivelloni-Lorenzi, and Susanna Electra Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., Ernesto Serio Pampin Lopez, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of His Deceased Mother Sara E. Lopez De Pampin v. Pan American Airways, Inc., and United States of America (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
5th Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 783 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc. v. M/V NORDIC REGENT, 654 F.2d 147, 154-58 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 890 , 101 S.Ct. 248 , 66 L.Ed.2d 116 (1980) 25 We recognize that in Jones Act and general maritime cases we have in the past utilized a modified analysis on forum non conveniens issues.
discussed Cited "see" Filho v. Pozos International Drilling Services, Inc.
S.D. Tex. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 781 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); Ying Shiue Jyu Fen v. Sanko Risen (U.S.A.) Corp., 441 F.Supp. 45, 47 (S.D.N.Y.1977).
cited Cited "see" Jennings v. Boeing Co.
E.D. Pa. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 797 (D.C.Cir.1980), ce rt. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981). 11 .
cited Cited "see" State v. Harbison
Tenn. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See State v. Austin, 618 S.W.2d 738, 741 (Tenn. 1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 ; Houston v. State, 593 S.W.2d 267 (Tenn.1980).
discussed Cited "see" Group Health Inc. v. Blue Cross Ass'n
S.D.N.Y. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally In re “Agent Orange’’ Product Liability Litigation, 506 F.Supp. 762, 792-94 (E.D.N.Y.), rev’d on other grounds, 635 F.2d 987 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981). 5 .
discussed Cited "see" Tramp Oil and Marine, Ltd. v. M/v Mermaid I, Etc.
1st Cir. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 784 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); La Seguridad v. Transytur Line, 707 F.2d 1304, 1307 (11th Cir.1983).
discussed Cited "see" International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee
S.D.N.Y. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775 , 788 n. 67 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); Graco, Inc. v. Kremlin, Inc., 101 F.R.D. 503 , 508 n. 4 (N.D.Ill.1984). .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." In Re the Cadillac V8-6-4 Class Action
N.J. · 2004 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., In re Agent Orange, 506 F.Supp. 762, 790 (E.D.N.Y.), rev’d in part for lack of federal question jurisdiction, 635 F.2d 987 (2d Cir.1980), cert. den., 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981) (holding certifiable class of Vietnam veterans and their families suing companies that manufactured chemical claimed to cause serious physical injury); Payton v. Abbott Labs, supra (certifying class of women exposed in útero to DES); Sanchez v. Lowell Lebermann, Inc., 79 F.R.D. 21, 24 (W.D.Tex.1978) (allowing class action under Truth-in-Lending Act despite requirement that plaint…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States Gold Corp. v. Federal Express Corp.
S.D.N.Y. · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Ruston Gas Turbines, Inc., v. Pan American World Airways, 757 F.2d 29, 30 (2d Cir.1985) (“Deregulation of certain common carriers returns us to the common law.”) A balancing of the state and federal interests affected, see In re “Agent Orange” Liability Litigation, 635 F.2d 987, 990-95 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981), further indicates that application of federal law is proper.
cited Cited "see, e.g." Chhawchharia v. Boeing Co.
S.D.N.Y. · 1987 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 791-92 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Eli Lilly & Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency
S.D. Ind. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
Fiedler v. Clark, 714 F.2d 77, 79 (9th Cir.1983) (holding there to be no private right of action under FIFRA); see also In Re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, 635 F.2d 987 , 991 n. 9 (2nd Cir.1980) (affirming district court determination that there is no private right of action under FIFRA), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. (2×)
5th Cir. · 1985 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., In re “Agent Orange” Product Liability Litigation, 635 F.2d 987, 993 (2d Cir.1980) (no federal policy at stake in action by war veterans against manufacturers of defoliants used in Vietnam War that is sufficient to warrant creation of federal common law), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981); cf. Miree v. DeKalb County, 433 U.S. 25, 29-32 , 97 S.Ct. 2490, 2493-97 , 53 L.Ed.2d 557 (1977) (federal interest in air travel insufficient basis for creation of federal law in action between private parties that will have no direct effect on United States or…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Bynum v. General Motors Corp.
N.D. Miss. · 1984 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., In re “Agent Orange” Product Liability Litigation, 506 F.Supp. 737 (E.D.N.Y.1979), rev’d. on other grounds, 635 F.2d 987 (2d Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Victoria A. Lehman, as of the Estate of Robert Wayne Lehman, Deceased v. Humphrey Cayman, Ltd. And Holiday Inns, Inc.
8th Cir. · 1983 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981), in which the court held: Thus, the plaintiff’s choice of forum is more than just one factor that the trial judge must consider when balancing equities between two alternative forums.
cited Cited "see, e.g." Nebenzahl v. Credit Suisse
9th Cir. · 1983 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Pain v. United Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 784-85 (D.C.Cir.1980), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 , 102 S.Ct. 980 , 71 L.Ed.2d 116 (1981).
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Chapman
v.
Dow Chemical Co.
No. 80-1882.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Dec 14, 1981.
454 U.S. 1128
Blackmun, Certiorari.
Cited by 9 opinions  |  Published
1 passage pin-cited by 1 case
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Citer courts: First Circuit (1)

C. A. 2d Cir. Motion of Ryan Family et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.

Justice Blackmun and Justice O’Connor would grant certiorari.