Thomas v. Amerada Hess Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• “Obviously, a second try would give plaintiffs additional time for pursuing discovery with the experience of the first behind them, but possible smoother sailing in another venture is insufficient reason for permitting them to start anew.”
• expense to defendants a factor to be considered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  California Supreme Court· 2001-07-11· cited 2,941×
• Gee v. CBS, INC.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1979-03-07· cited 92×
• Marcia E. Stearns v. Consolidated Management, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-09-28· cited 84×
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1981-05-13· cited 63×
• Southern Concrete Company v. United States Steel Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-07-19· cited 50×
• Carlo C. Gelardi Corp. v. Miller Brewing Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1976-10-01· cited 24×
• In Re Vale
  N.D. Indiana· 1994-12-16· cited 21×
• Business Equipment Center, Ltd. v. DeJur-Amsco Corp.
  District of Columbia· 1978-02-21· cited 20×
• McNulty v. Borden, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1982-06-21· cited 18×
• Deuterium Corp. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1990-08-14· cited 13×
• Wire Mesh Products, Inc. v. Wire Belting Ass'n
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1981-08-25· cited 12×
• R. S. E., Inc. v. Pennsy Supply, Inc.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1980-04-14· cited 7×
• Schandelmeier v. Otis Division of Baker-Material Handling Corp.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1992-09-22· cited 7×
• Shepherd v. Delta Medical Center
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-04· cited 5×
• Central Chemical Corp. v. Agrico Chemical Co.
  D. Maryland· 1982-01-29· cited 5×
• Dempsey v. Rhodes Oil Co.
  Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals· 1980-03-20· cited 5×
• Bolls v. Harris
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-07-13· cited 4×
• Sheldon Pontiac v. Pontiac Motor Division, General Motors Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1976-08-24· cited 3×
• Parness v. Lieblich
  S.D. New York· 1981-05-05· cited 3×
• Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-05-17· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Foman v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
• International Salt Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1947-11-17· cited 691×
• United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 530×
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-12-17· cited 405×
• Federal Trade Commission v. Beech-Nut Packing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1922-01-03· cited 285×
• Betty v. Pace, as Administratrix of the Estate of Floyd J. Pace, Jr., Deceased v. Southern Express Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1969-06-02· cited 162×
• Automatic Canteen Co. of America v. Federal Trade Commission
  Supreme Court· 1953-06-08· cited 155×
• Federal Trade Commission v. Fred Meyer, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 146×
• Nashville Milk Co. v. Carnation Co.
  Supreme Court· 1958-01-20· cited 129×
• Federal Trade Commission v. Broch
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-06· cited 108×
• Independent Iron Works, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1963-07-16· cited 81×
• McElhenney Co., Inc., W. F. Snipes, George Toole, Mac Toole, R. P. Swofford, Charles L. Gasque and Harry Clinkscales v. Western Auto Supply Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1959-07-16· cited 73×
• Philip Klein v. The Lionel Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1956-09-25· cited 48×
• Blue Bell Co. v. Frontier Refining Co. Frontier Refining Co. v. Blue Bell Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1954-06-21· cited 44×
• Arnson v. General Motors Corporation
  N.D. Ohio· 1974-05-31· cited 39×
• Harvey Aluminum, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co.
  S.D. New York· 1953-09-21· cited 31×
• Shall v. Henry
  Seventh Circuit· 1954-03-05· cited 26×
• Albert A. Bales v. The Kansas City Star Company, Gustav H. Hauser v. The Kansas City Star Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1964-09-10· cited 26×
• National Auto Brokers Corp. v. General Motors Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1974-04-05· cited 26×
• Denver Petroleum Corporation v. Shell Oil Company
  D. Colorado· 1969-08-14· cited 24×