Michael E. A. Ford v. Robert Winston Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• considering access to governmental investigations in a suit where the government was not a party
• “There is an appropriateness, too, in having the trial of a diversity case in a forum that is at home with the state law that must govern the case . . . .”
• “Perhaps the most important ‘private interest’ of the litigants is access to evidence.”
• “[p]erhaps the most important ‘private interest’ of the litigants is access to evidence.”
• outlining the forum non conveniens analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Irey
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-07-29· cited 1,965×
• Tazoe v. Airbus S.A.S.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-02-01· cited 344×
• Luis Mujica v. Airscan Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-11-12· cited 114×
• SME Racks, Inc. v. Sistemas Mecanicos Para Electronica, S.A.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-08-24· cited 93×
• Antonio Carrizosa v. Chiquita Brands International
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-07-16· cited 89×
• Ursula Ungaro-Benages v. Dresdner Bank AG
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-08-03· cited 86×
• Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-08-13· cited 84×
• King v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-03-27· cited 80×
• Liquidation Commission of Banco Intercontinental, S.A. v. Renta
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-06-19· cited 39×
• In Re: Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/firestone North American Tire, Llc, as Successor to Bridgestone/firestone, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-10-22· cited 31×
• Abeid-Saba v. Carnival Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-01-27· cited 23×
• In Re Bridgestone/Firestone
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-12-03· cited 22×
• Otto Candies, LLC v. Citigroup, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-07-01· cited 21×
• Malaysia International Shipping Corporation v. Sinochem International Co. Ltd
  Third Circuit· 2006-02-08· cited 19×
• Cellularvision Technology & Telecommunications, L.P. v. Alltel Corp.
  S.D. Florida· 2007-04-17· cited 19×
• Fresh Results, LLC v. ASF Holland, B.V.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2019-04-22· cited 19×
• J.C. Renfroe & Sons, Inc. v. Renfroe Japan Co.
  M.D. Florida· 2007-09-07· cited 13×
• Continental Motors, Inc. v. Jewell Aircraft, Inc.
  S.D. Alabama· 2012-07-31· cited 10×
• Beaman v. MacO Caribe, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2011-06-13· cited 7×
• Exter Shipping Ltd. v. Kilakos
  N.D. Georgia· 2004-03-29· cited 6×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• 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×
• Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 667×
• Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 221×
• Francis Schertenleib v. Jerome S. Traum
  Second Circuit· 1978-12-15· cited 192×
• C.A. La Seguridad, as Subrogee v. Transytur Line, in Personam and M/v Nela Altomare, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., in Rem
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-06-24· cited 118×
• George E. Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc., A/k/a, Itt-Sheraton International, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1991-06-04· cited 94×
• Patricia Esfeld v. Costa Crociere
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-04-30· cited 69×
• Saul Munoz Sibaja, Rafaela Arrieta Porra v. Dow Chemical Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-04-16· cited 66×
• Turner Entertainment Co. v. Degeto Film GmbH
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-06-29· cited 48×