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×Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor
United States Supreme Court | 521 U.S. 591 (1997)
A court considering certification of a class for the sole purpose of settlement does not need to determine whether certification would create significant management problems at the trial stage, but must still ensure that all the formal certification requirements of FRCP 23 are met.
Amoco Oil Co. v. Torcomian
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 722 F.2d 1099 (3d Cir. 1983)
Neither joinder of an equitable claim with a legal claim nor joinder of a prayer for equitable relief with a claim for legal relief as to a legal claim can defeat an otherwise valid Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.
Anderson v. Bessemer City
United States Supreme Court | 470 U.S. 564 (1985)
Findings of fact cannot be set aside unless clearly erroneous, where, although there is evidence to support the finding, the reviewing court is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.
Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 102 F.2d 702 (3d Cir. 1939)
An order for the discovery and production of documents by the plaintiff for use at trial is interlocutory and generally appeals are not permitted.
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court
United States Supreme Court | 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
A foreign business' mere awareness that its products or services provided outside the United States would reach a forum state within the United States in the stream of commerce does not satisfy the minimum contacts needed to exercise jurisdiction over that foreign business.
Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive Corp.
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 562 F.2d 537 (8th Cir. 1977)
A party may amend his pleading only by leave of court or written consent of the adverse party and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.
Bell Atlantic v. Twombly
United States Supreme Court | 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
To state a claim under § 1 of the Sherman Act, the complaint must contain enough factual material to suggest that an agreement existed between the defendants.
Bell v. Novick Transfer Co.
United States District Court for the District of Maryland | 17 F.R.D. 279 (D. Md. 1955)
(1) A claim upon which relief may be granted is a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief; (2) a party is not entitled to a more definite statement unless the facts are necessary for the party to form his response to the pleading.
Bias v. Advantage International, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 905 F.2d 1558 (D.C. Cir. 1990)
Summary judgment is granted where the moving party shows that the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.
Bonerb v. Richard J. Caron Foundation
United States District Court for the Western District of New York | 159 F.R.D. 16 (W.D. N.Y. 1994)
A claim relates back to the initial pleading when the claim asserted in the amended pleading arose out of the same nucleus of operative facts set forth in the original pleading.
Bridges v. Diesel Service, Inc.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9429 (E.D. Pa. 1994)
Rule 11 sanctions are appropriate where the complaint filed is objectively unreasonable under the circumstances, or where the claim asserted is patently unmeritorious or frivolous.
Buckhannon Board and Care Home v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
United States Supreme Court | 532 U.S. 598 (2001)
A prevailing party is one that has been awarded some relief by the court.
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
United States Supreme Court | 471 U.S. 462 (1985)
When determining if a defendant satisfies the minimum contacts requirement for personal jurisdiction, the court must look to the purposefully directed activities of the defendant toward the forum state and whether the harm arising or relating to those activities are the cause of the litigation.
Burnham v. Superior Court
United States Supreme Court | 495 U.S. 604 (1990)
A non-resident is properly served if he is physically present in the forum state, and the forum state may exercise personal jurisdiction over him without violating due process.
Butler v. Rigsby
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4618 (E.D. La. 1998)
The scope of discovery includes any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action or is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative
United States Supreme Court | 356 U.S. 525 (1958)
The federal policy of having the jury answer questions of fact prevails over state rules that would interrupt the judge-jury relationship in federal court.
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
United States Supreme Court | 499 U.S. 585 (1991)
Reasonable forum selection clauses are legally enforceable even if the clauses were not the product of negotiation between the corporation and the consumer.
Carter v. Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 362 F.3d 294 (5th Cir. 2004)
A court must enforce a party's commitment to arbitrate federal statutory claims unless he can show that Congress intended to preclude arbitration of those claims.
Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis
United States Supreme Court | 519 U.S. 61 (1996)
If federal jurisdiction is proper at the time of the judgment, then a district court's error in prematurely removing a case from state court to federal court does not warrant vacating the verdict.
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
United States Supreme Court | 477 U.S. 317 (1986)
A party making a motion for summary judgment does not need to provide affirmative evidence in the form of affidavits to support its motion.
