Peretz v. United States
501 U.S. 923 (1991) Cited 775 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that a criminal defendant in a felony trial may consent to jury selection presided over by a magistrate judge: no structural issues were implicated because magistrates were appointed and subject to removal by Article III judges; the district court made the ultimate decision to invoke the magistrate's assistance, subject to veto by the parties; and the decision whether to empanel the jury whose selection was overseen by the magistrate remained entirely with the trial judge
R.F.M.A.S. Inc. v. Mimi so
748 F. Supp. 2d 244 (S.D.N.Y. 2010) Cited 103 timesFinding experts in jewelry history and appraisal unqualified to testify as to whether particular trade dress was identifiable to consumers and distinctive, because neither expert had training in how the public perceived products
Nikkal Industries, Ltd. v. Salton, Inc.
689 F. Supp. 187 (S.D.N.Y. 1988) Cited 81 timesAffirming magistrate judge's findings that in prior relationship with party, expert was not retained and no privileged communications were divulged
epicRealm, Licensing, LLC v. Autoflex Leasing, Inc.
492 F. Supp. 2d 608 (E.D. Tex. 2007) Cited 14 timesFinding active inducement by providing instructions describing how to engage in an infringing use
McEvily v. Sunbeam-Oster Co., Inc.
878 F. Supp. 337 (D.R.I. 1994) Cited 25 timesGranting transfer in part based on Florida's local interest in the suit and the fairness of having a Florida jury decide the case
Section 636 - Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment
28 U.S.C. § 636 Cited 504,232 times 39 Legal AnalysesHolding that when a party fails to object to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, our review of the district court's resulting decision is for plain error so long as the party "has been served with notice that [this consequence] will result from a failure to object"
Rule 72 - Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 Cited 168,170 times 20 Legal AnalysesGranting a party fourteen days to object to a Magistrate Judge's non-dispositive order