Shields v. Mi Ryung Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the expenses of flying to Saudi Arabia from Arizona were not significant given that the action was in New York
• suit dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds despite fact that alternative Brazilian court permitted no pretrial discovery
• dismissal not prevented by unsubstantiated assertion that the plaintiffs personal safety would be in jeopardy in Saudi Arabia and that the legal system was corrupt
• plaintiff attempted to “cast aspersions” upon Saudi legal system without any supporting evidence
• alternative (Saudi) forum adequate notwithstanding plain- tiff's asserted fears for personal safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• George E. Mercier and Susan Y. Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc., A/K/A Itt-Sheraton International, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1992-12-22· cited 120×
• Borden, Inc. v. Meiji Milk Products Co., Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 1990-11-21· cited 97×
• Sussman Ex Rel. Guilden v. Bank of Israel
  S.D. New York· 1992-07-17· cited 46×
• Bank of Credit & Commerce International (Overseas) Ltd. v. State Bank of Pakistan
  Second Circuit· 2001-11-29· cited 46×
• Sarei v. Rio Tinto PLC.
  C.D. California· 2002-07-09· cited 45×
• Fustok v. Banque Populaire Suisse
  S.D. New York· 1982-09-08· cited 32×
• Abeid-Saba v. Carnival Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-01-27· cited 23×
• Bank of Credit and Commerce v. Bk. of Pakistan
  Second Circuit· 2001-11-29· cited 12×
• Dickson v. Hertz Corp.
  Virgin Islands· 1983-03-16· cited 10×
• Agyenkwa v. American Motors Corp.
  E.D. New York· 1985-11-20· cited 10×
• Chadwick v. Arabian American Oil Co.
  D. Delaware· 1987-03-03· cited 8×
• City of New York v. Waterfront Airways, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1985-10-15· cited 7×
• Mutual Export Corp. v. Westpac Banking Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1990-08-03· cited 5×
• Blanco v. Banco Industrial De Venezuela
  Second Circuit· 1993-06-10· cited 4×
• Duha v. Agrium, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 2004-10-13· cited 4×
• Petersen v. Boeing Co.
  D. Arizona· 2015-06-10· cited 4×
• Bewers v. American Home Products Corp.
  New York Supreme Court· 1982-11-12· cited 3×
• Hatzlachh Supply Inc. v. Tradewind Airways Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 1987-04-16· cited 2×
• Carijano v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.
  C.D. California· 2008-04-15· cited 1×
• Lindner Fund, Inc. v. Polly Peck Int'l PLC
  S.D. New York· 1992-12-21

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-06-02· cited 8,668×
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 5,292×
• Babcock v. Jackson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-05-09· cited 756×
• Francis Schertenleib v. Jerome S. Traum
  Second Circuit· 1978-12-15· cited 192×
• Manu International, S.A. v. Avon Products, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1981-01-20· cited 138×
• Calavo Growers Of California v. Generali Belgium
  Second Circuit· 1980-08-04· cited 131×
• Farmanfarmaian v. Gulf Oil Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1978-12-18· cited 54×
• John P. Loebig v. George H. Larucci
  Second Circuit· 1978-03-07· cited 36×
• Farmanfarmaian v. Gulf Oil Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1977-09-08· cited 32×