Adelson v. Hananel

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “the district court did not err in concluding that Israel is the preferable forum given Israel’s stronger connection to the instant case”
• noting that where the plaintiff is not a Massachusetts domiciliary, Massachusetts is still deemed a home forum where the alternative is foreign
• stating that \a heavy presumption weighs in favor of [a U.S. citizen plaintiff's] initial \ choice
• explaining that “contacts must be voluntary and not based on the unilateral actions of another party”
• finding that the “relatedness” element was met because the employment contract at issue “was formalized and entered into during [defendant’s] December 5, 1995 trip to Massachusetts”
• finding that the “relatedness” element was met because the employment contract at issue “was formalized and entered into during [defendant’s] December 5, 1995 trip to Massachusetts”

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Cited by

100 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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  First Circuit· 2016-06-06· cited 225×
• A Corp. v. All American Plumbing, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2016-01-27· cited 205×
• North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. v. Cardinale
  First Circuit· 2009-05-19· cited 185×
• C.W. Downer & Company v. Bioriginal Food & Science Corp
  First Circuit· 2014-11-12· cited 154×
• Cossart v. United Excel Corporation
  First Circuit· 2015-09-30· cited 115×
• Copia Communications, LLC v. Amresorts, L.P.
  First Circuit· 2016-01-13· cited 115×
• PREP Tours Inc. v. American Youth Soccer Org.
  First Circuit· 2019-01-08· cited 115×
• Chen v. US Sports Academy, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2020-04-15· cited 101×
• Hannon v. Beard
  First Circuit· 2008-04-28· cited 99×
• Plixer International, Inc. v. Scrutinizer GMBH
  First Circuit· 2018-09-13· cited 99×
• Bluetarp Financial, Inc. v. Matrix Construction Co., Inc.
  First Circuit· 2013-03-01· cited 80×
• London-Sire Records, Inc. v. Doe 1
  D. Massachusetts· 2008-03-31· cited 74×
• Adams v. Adams
  First Circuit· 2010-03-31· cited 66×
• Mary DiFederico v. Marriott International, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-05-01· cited 62×
• Vapotherm, Inc. v. Santiago
  First Circuit· 2022-06-28· cited 61×
• Adelson v. Hananel
  First Circuit· 2011-07-13· cited 59×
• U.S.O. Corp. v. Mizuho Holding Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-10-28· cited 42×
• Access Now, Inc. v. Otter Products, LLC
  D. Massachusetts· 2017-12-04· cited 41×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
• Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 12,253×
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 8,668×
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 5,292×
• Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-25· cited 4,581×
• Milliken v. Meyer
  Supreme Court· 1941-01-20· cited 3,141×
• Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-20· cited 2,597×
• Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 1,073×
• Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'n
  Supreme Court· 1950-06-05· cited 755×
• Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc. v. American Bar Ass'n
  First Circuit· 1998-04-27· cited 625×
• Ticketmaster-New York, Inc. v. Joseph M. Alioto
  First Circuit· 1994-04-13· cited 597×
• Arthur F. Sawtelle, Etc. v. George E. Farrell
  First Circuit· 1995-12-05· cited 587×
• Robert S. Boit v. Gar-Tec Products, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1992-06-05· cited 493×
• Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox Canada
  First Circuit· 1995-02-09· cited 449×
• Richard A. Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A. Ronald L. Motley, Scruggs, Millette, Bozeman & Dent P.A. Richard F. Scruggs
  First Circuit· 2002-06-17· cited 432×
• United States v. Swiss American Bank, Ltd.
  First Circuit· 2001-12-27· cited 427×
• Jay A. Pritzker v. Bob Yari
  First Circuit· 1994-12-13· cited 377×
• Phillips Exeter Academy v. Howard Phillips Fund, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1999-11-19· cited 366×
• Iragorri v. International Elevator, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2000-01-30· cited 288×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1992-03-30· cited 222×

Other cases named Adelson v. Hananel

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Adelson v. Hananel
  First Circuit· 2011-07-13· cited 59×
• Adelson v. Hananel
  D. Massachusetts· 2009-08-07· cited 3×
• Adelson v. Hananel
  First Circuit· 2007-12-12