Berbig v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “court congestion is a relatively insignificant factor, especially where the record does not show the other forum would resolve the case more quickly”
• “court congestion is a relatively insignificant factor, especially where the record does not show the other forum would resolve the case more quickly”
• plaintiff’s right to select forum is substantial but based on evaluation of total circumstances, denial of motion amounted to abuse of discretion
• “court congestion is a relatively insignificant factor, especially where the record does not show the other forum would resolve the case more quickly”
• “court congestion is a relatively insignificant factor, especially where the record does not show the other forum would resolve the case more quickly”
• “court congestion is a relatively insignificant factor, especially where the record does not show the other forum would resolve the case more quickly”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vivas v. Boeing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-06-15· cited 49×
• Quaid v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-06-17· cited 13×
• Wagner v. Eagle Food Centers, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-02-10· cited 10×
• Hale v. Odman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-02-14· cited 8×
• In re Marriage of Ricard
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-08-10· cited 7×
• Berrig v. Sears Roebuck and Co., Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-12-26· cited 4×
• Dowd v. Berndtson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-12-21· cited 1×
• In Re Marriage of Mather
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-03-31
• Doe v. International Psychoanalytical Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-05-22

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 5,292×
• Dawdy, Jr. v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-08-21· cited 231×
• Vinson v. Allstate
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-09-19· cited 132×
• Langenhorst v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-03-02· cited 131×
• Gridley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-11-17· cited 114×
• Peile v. Skelgas, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-12-22· cited 113×
• Brummett v. Wepfer Marine, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-02-21· cited 93×
• Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. Illinois Central Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-04-15· cited 30×
• Lambert v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-06-28· cited 28×
• Dykstra v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-12-11· cited 15×
• Berry v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-09-20· cited 6×
• Chung v. Advocate Health Care
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-12-27· cited 6×