Wellington Computer Graphics, Inc. v. Modell

How courts have described this case

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

• “In effect defendants are claiming that being forced to appear in New York City rather than Newark, New Jersey—cities twelve miles apart—so substantially inconveniences them that plaintiff should be deprived of its choice of forum. The contention is frivolous.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Schwartz v. Marriott Hotel Services, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2002-02-23· cited 24×
• Lewis v. Marine Midland Grace Trust Co.
  S.D. New York· 1973-11-05· cited 11×
• US Industries, Inc. v. PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
  S.D. New York· 1972-06-09· cited 9×
• Habrout v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2001-06-04· cited 9×
• Smith v. Guaranty Service Corp.
  N.D. California· 1970-12-30· cited 8×
• Vernitron Corp. v. Benjamin
  S.D. New York· 1970-07-27· cited 4×
• ESSEX SYSTEMS COMPANY v. Steinberg
  S.D. New York· 1971-12-16· cited 2×
• Tarasi v. Pittsburgh National Bank
  Alleghany County Court of Common Pleas· 1978-04-04· cited 1×
• In Re Eastern Dist. Repetitive Stress Injury Lit.
  E.D. New York· 1994-04-20

Cites

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

• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 5,292×
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-03· cited 3,480×
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co.
  Supreme Court· 1959-10-12· cited 896×
• Meredith v. Winter Haven
  Supreme Court· 1943-11-08· cited 693×
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-08· cited 647×
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman
  Supreme Court· 1943-05-24· cited 645×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Ryan. Ferguson v. Ford Motor Co.
  Second Circuit· 1950-05-08· cited 265×
• Walter J. Kohler v. Kohler Co., a Corporation, Herbert v. Kohler, Ernst & Ernst, a Partnership, and Paul F. Johnson
  Seventh Circuit· 1963-06-26· cited 167×
• Manuel M. Ellis v. Victor Carter, Etc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1961-05-31· cited 159×
• Martin v. Creasy
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-08· cited 136×
• Mottolese v. Kaufman
  Second Circuit· 1949-07-06· cited 106×
• J. E. Stevens v. Hollie Vowell
  Tenth Circuit· 1965-03-16· cited 87×
• Ina Frankel Abramson, Irving Hellman and Beatrice Hellman v. Pennwood Investment Corp., and Edward Nathan, Intervenor-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1968-04-09· cited 69×
• Mary B. Moran v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
  Third Circuit· 1968-01-15· cited 66×
• Ferguson v. Tabah
  Second Circuit· 1961-04-13· cited 66×
• Connelly v. Balkwill
  N.D. Ohio· 1959-04-08· cited 47×
• Jenkins v. Wilson Freight Forwarding Co.
  S.D. New York· 1952-04-29· cited 41×
• Moran v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1967-03-23· cited 31×
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. American Beryllium & Oil Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1969-06-25· cited 26×
• Schmidt v. American Flyers Airline Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1966-11-16· cited 20×