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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 79 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Robbins, H. v. Consolidated Rail & Penn Central.

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1 Robbins, H. v. Consolidated Rail & Penn Central Anchor
pasuperct · 2019
green “it is within the trial court's discretion to weigh some factors more heavily than others and weighing the factors is not an exercise in counting numbers.” 16
2 Bochetto, G. v. Dimeling, Schreiber & Park
pasuperct · 2016
green “not an exercise in counting numbers.” 14
3 Hovatter, D. v. CSX Transportation
pasuperct · 2018
green “provides the court with a means of looking beyond technical considerations such as jurisdiction and venue to determine whether litigation in the plaintiff's chosen forum would serve the interests of justice under the particular circumstances.” 13
4 Bochetto, G. v. Dimeling, Schreiber & Park
pasuperct · 2016
green “an exercise in counting numbers.” 11
5 Robbins, H. v. Consolidated Rail & Penn Central
pasuperct · 2019
green “although the decedent worked at the train yard in indiana, the policies and procedures related to the decedent's exposure to chemicals and cancer-causing substances were determined at consolidated rail's headquarters in philadelphia.” 11
6 Petty v. Suburban General Hospital
pa · 1987
green “a court may find that the presumption in favor of a plaintiff's choice of forum may be less stringently considered when the plaintiff has chosen a foreign forum to litigate his or her claims.” 7
7 Ficarra, D. v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
pasuperct · 2020
green “at first glance the plaintiffs' cases strikingly resemble robbins.” 7

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