DiRienzo v. Philip Services Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “related litigation” involving a different class of plaintiffs was due “little weight” in applying the Gilbert convenience factors
• discussing an American interest in the events giving rise to the controversy, and surveying similar cases
• discussing how the cost of transporting documentary evidence is now entitled to less weight absent an explanation why it would be burdensome
• raising “questions as to [defendants’] underlying motives,” where defendants had previously moved before the MDL panel to transfer cases to the allegedly inconvenient district
• listing as a public interest “avoiding difficult problems in conflict of laws and the application of foreign law”
• determining the amount of weight to give the plaintiff’s selection based on the legitimacy of the plaintiff’s motivations

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Cited by

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

• Pollux Holding Ltd. v. The Chase Manhattan Bank, Springwell Navigation Corporation v. The Chase Manhattan Bank
  Second Circuit· 2003-05-01· cited 171×
• Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2009-01-30· cited 115×
• In Re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-05-19· cited 111×
• Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2006-07-20· cited 110×
• Duha v. Agrium, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-05-23· cited 106×
• In Re WorldCom, Inc. Erisa Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-06-17· cited 84×
• DTEX, LLC v. BBVA Bancomer, S.A.
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-11-26· cited 81×
• Espinoza v. Evergreen Helicopters, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-04-14· cited 73×
• In re Vivendi Universal, S.A. Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2007-05-21· cited 70×
• GEM Advisors, Inc. v. Corporación Sidenor, S.A.
  S.D. New York· 2009-10-27· cited 50×
• DirecTV Latin America, LLC v. PARK 610, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2010-01-26· cited 46×
• Maersk, Inc. v. Neewra, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2008-03-27· cited 44×
• In Re Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Securities Litigation
  E.D. New York· 2006-02-28· cited 44×
• In Re Philip Services Corp. Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2004-05-24· cited 43×
• City of Almaty v. Ablyazov
  S.D. New York· 2017-09-26· cited 43×
• Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas
  S.D. New York· 2009-09-16· cited 40×
• Erausquin v. Notz, Stucki Management (Bermuda) Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 2011-08-25· cited 38×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Committee on Ways & Means of the U.S. House of Representatives
  S.D. New York· 2015-11-13· cited 28×
• In Re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria on Nov. 11
  S.D. New York· 2002-08-08· cited 27×
• Alnwick v. European Micro Holdings, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2003-09-15· cited 25×

Cites

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

• 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×
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 3,007×
• Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 1,073×
• Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
  Second Circuit· 2000-09-14· cited 319×
• Bersch v. Drexel Firestone, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1975-04-28· cited 200×
• Peregrine Myanmar Ltd. And Peregrine Capital Myanmar Ltd. v. Miriam Marshall Segal
  Second Circuit· 1996-06-28· cited 195×
• Calavo Growers Of California v. Generali Belgium
  Second Circuit· 1980-08-04· cited 131×
• Scottish Air International, Inc. And Murray Vidockler v. British Caledonian Group, Plc, Adam Thomson, Dennis H. Walter, and R. Marshall Gibson
  Second Circuit· 1996-04-25· cited 131×
• R. Maganlal & Company v. M.G. Chemical Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1991-08-19· cited 125×
• Dominic Murray v. British Broadcasting Corporation and Bbc Lionheart Television International
  Second Circuit· 1996-04-10· cited 112×
• Reginald H. Howe v. Goldcorp Investments, Ltd.
  First Circuit· 1991-10-31· cited 110×
• Iragorri v. United Technologies Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2001-12-04· cited 96×
• In Re Livent, Inc. Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 1999-12-10· cited 71×
• Alcoa Steamship Co. v. M/V Nordic Regent
  Second Circuit· 1978-08-31· cited 69×
• Europe & Overseas Commodity Traders, S.A. v. Banque Paribas London
  Second Circuit· 1998-06-04· cited 56×
• DiRienzo v. Philip Services Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2000-11-08· cited 50×
• Overseas Programming Companies, Ltd. v. Cinematographische Commerz-Anstalt and Iduna Film Gmbh
  Second Circuit· 1982-07-23· cited 32×
• Diatronics, Inc. v. Elbit Computers, Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 1986-07-16· cited 26×
• Alfadda v. Fenn
  Second Circuit· 1998-09-28· cited 25×

Other cases named DiRienzo v. Philip Services Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• DiRienzo v. Philip Services Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2000-11-08· cited 50×