Ramiro Arango and Gabriella Arango, Individually, Etc., Plaintiffs v. Guzman Travel Advisors Corporation, Etc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “civil action,” 28 U.S.C. § 1441(d), “denotes the entirety of the pro- ceedings in question,” “not simply claims”
• interpreting “civil action” in section 1441(d) in the light of “[t]he same phrase in the remaining subsections of [section] 1441”
• finding no final judgment because claims were still pending against other defendants
• party claiming immunity under FSIA has burden of demonstrating that exceptions do not apply
• selling of tour package and breach were both commercial acts
• selling of tour package and breach were both commercial acts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Pacor, Inc. v. John Higgins, Jr. And Louise Higgins
  Third Circuit· 1984-08-27· cited 1,602×
• Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
  Supreme Court· 1993-03-23· cited 711×
• Bobby Williams v. Larry Bennett
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-10-29· cited 354×
• The Republic of the Philippines v. Ferdinand E. Marcos
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-12-02· cited 279×
• Davis v. McCourt
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-05-31· cited 164×
• William F. Callejo, Individually and as Trustee, and Adelfa B. Callejo, as Trustee v. Bancomer, S.A.
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-07-16· cited 155×
• Gray Ex Rel. Rudd v. Beverly Enterprises-Mississippi, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-11-10· cited 152×
• Josefina Najarro De Sanchez v. Banco Central De Nicaragua, a Foreign Banking Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-09-19· cited 113×
• Robbins v. Maggio
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-01-14· cited 112×
• Wordy Jack Thompson, Jr. v. Judge Charles O. Betts
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-03-11· cited 103×
• Walter Fuller Aircraft Sales, Inc. v. The Republic of the Philippines and the Philippines Presidential Commission on Good Government
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-07-08· cited 103×
• Charles Nagle v. Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish State of Louisiana, Lt. Clifford Montecino, Detective Patricia Laura, Deputy John Doe
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-01-08· cited 98×
• John Doe, Father of John Doe and Mother of John Doe v. Robert I. Kerwood, D.O.
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-08-26· cited 92×
• Teledyne, Inc., Teledyne Canada Limited, and Teledyne Cm Products, Inc. v. Kone Corporation, Outokumpu Oy and Rammer Oy, Finnish Corporations
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-01-18· cited 91×
• Letelier v. Republic of Chile
  Second Circuit· 1984-11-20· cited 86×
• Philippine Export & Foreign Loan Guarantee Corp. v. Chuidian
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-03-14· cited 77×
• In Re Delta America Re Insurance Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-04-26· cited 70×
• Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos
  Second Circuit· 1986-11-26· cited 57×
• MacArthur Area Citizens Association v. Republic of Peru
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-01-23· cited 52×
• Segni v. Commercial Office of Spain
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-04-15· cited 52×

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-20· cited 10,863×
• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 3,269×
• Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 2,475×
• Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co.
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-22· cited 1,545×
• American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn
  Supreme Court· 1951-04-09· cited 1,278×
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-23· cited 984×
• Aldinger v. Howard
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 947×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Tashire
  Supreme Court· 1967-04-10· cited 633×
• Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-24· cited 428×
• Underhill v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court· 1897-11-29· cited 379×
• Gene M. Oswalt Et Vir v. Scripto, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Tokai-Seiki Kk, a Japanese Corporation, Defendant-Third Party
  Third Circuit· 1980-05-01· cited 180×
• Joannie Allen Dumas v. Town of Mount Vernon, Alabama
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-03-03· cited 165×
• Peterson v. Mathews
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 162×
• In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Steering Committee
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-03-31· cited 149×
• Peterson v. Weinberger
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-02-14· cited 123×
• Kevin Naylor v. Case and McGrath Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1978-10-11· cited 107×
• Nelson Bunker Hunt v. Mobil Oil Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1977-01-12· cited 106×
• Joe P. Farina v. Mission Investment Trust
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-04-23· cited 102×