Jota v. Texaco Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that dismissal for forum non conveniens was not appropriate absent the defendant’s willingness to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court
• noting pre-dismissal relevance of Ecuador’s letters to the court arguing, as a non-party, that the “case implicated Ecuador’s sovereign interests and should not be decided in a United States court”
• considering whether to dismiss proceedings related to environmental damage in Ecuador based on Ecuador’s interest in foreign or domestic resolution and holding dismissal on grounds of forum non conveniens and comity erroneous
• both stating that the district court on remand should consider whether the foreign court constitutes an adequate forum, but neglecting to mention the \true conflict\ threshold
• abuse of discretion to dismiss entire complaint on Rule 19 grounds where much of the relief sought could be fully provided by the named parties without any participation by the absent party

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Cited by

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

• Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
  Second Circuit· 2010-09-17· cited 417×
• Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2011-03-17· cited 133×
• Bano v. Union Carbide Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2004-03-17· cited 115×
• Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-07-08· cited 108×
• Raphael Bigio, Bahia Bigio, Ferial Salma Bigio and B. Bigio & Co. v. The Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola Export Company
  Second Circuit· 2001-01-02· cited 93×
• Marina Mezitis Diorinou v. Nicholas H.E. Mezitis
  Second Circuit· 2001-01-09· cited 88×
• National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania v. Rite Aid Of South Carolina, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-04-20· cited 82×
• Pat Gross v. British Broadcasting Corporation, Twenty Twenty Television, Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2004-10-08· cited 79×
• Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2003-03-19· cited 60×
• Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2002-08-16· cited 58×
• Jota v. Texaco Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1998-10-05· cited 56×
• In Re CINAR Corp. Securities Litigation
  E.D. New York· 2002-03-05· cited 44×
• Fuentes v. Zaragoza
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-05-31· cited 43×
• Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2001-05-30· cited 41×
• In Re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 2005-03-28· cited 34×
• American Cemwood Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-02-28· cited 32×
• EXTRA EQUIPAMENTOS E EXPORTAÇÃO LTDA. v. CASE CORPORATION
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-03-15· cited 31×
• Freund v. Republic of France
  S.D. New York· 2008-12-19· cited 26×
• In Re Application of Chevron Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2010-05-20· cited 21×
• In Re Air Crash Near Peixoto De Azeveda, Brazil
  E.D. New York· 2008-07-02· cited 20×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 5,292×
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 4,825×
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-15· cited 1,967×
• Pt United Can Company Ltd. v. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., F/k/a Continental Can Company Richard Krzyzanowski John W. Conway
  Second Circuit· 1998-02-25· cited 260×
• Lawrence Ex Rel. Lawrence v. Chater
  Supreme Court· 1996-01-08· cited 158×
• in All Cases which have been Consolidated into this Proceeding by Order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation v. Union Carbide Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1987-01-14· cited 122×
• Dominic Murray v. British Broadcasting Corporation and Bbc Lionheart Television International
  Second Circuit· 1996-04-10· cited 112×
• Pravin Banker Associates, Ltd. v. Banco Popular Del Peru and the Republic of Peru
  Second Circuit· 1997-03-25· cited 82×
• Envirotech Corporation and Chemico Air Pollution Control Corp. v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and Envirotech Corporation, on Counterclaim-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1984-02-17· cited 65×
• First Fidelity Bank, N.A. v. Government of Antigua & Barbuda-Permanent Mission
  Second Circuit· 1989-06-07· cited 64×
• Department of the Interior v. South Dakota
  Supreme Court· 1996-10-15· cited 37×
• Panama Processes, S.A. v. Cities Service Company
  Second Circuit· 1981-05-29· cited 27×
• Sequihua v. Texaco, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1994-01-27· cited 25×
• Aquinda v. Texaco, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1996-11-12· cited 22×
• Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1997-08-12· cited 12×
• Schmidt v. Espy
  Supreme Court· 1994-10-03· cited 7×

Other cases named Jota v. Texaco Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Jota v. Texaco Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1998-10-05· cited 56×