6 Cited authorities

  1. Cramer v. State of Florida

    117 F.3d 1258 (11th Cir. 1997)   Cited 425 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Affirming the dismissal of a complaint alleging discrimination under the ADA where the plaintiffs failed to allege that "they are unable to perform the essential functions of their jobs"
  2. Potter v. Clark

    497 F.2d 1206 (7th Cir. 1974)   Cited 732 times
    Holding that court properly dismissed pro se complaint where complaint did not allege that defendant committed specific act and complaint was silent as to defendant except for his name appearing in caption
  3. Cherokee Electric Cooperative v. Cochran

    706 So. 2d 1188 (Ala. 1997)   Cited 22 times
    Holding that death is a great harm and that Alabama can " ‘attempt to preserve life by making homicide expensive’ " (quoting Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. v. Yeldell, 274 U.S. 112, 116, 47 S.Ct. 509, 71 L.Ed. 952 (1927) )
  4. Crossfield Products Corp. v. Irby

    2003 IA 2378 (Miss. 2005)   Cited 3 times

    No. 2003-IA-02378-SCT. February 3, 2005. Appeal from the Circuit Court, Jones County, Richard W. McKenzie, J. Simine Bazyari Reed, Walter Watkins, Jr., Thomas Tardy, III, Samuel D. Habeeb, Robert M. Arentson, Jr., James Lawrence Jones, Jackson, attorneys for appellants. Sara Morris Farris, Anthony Sakalarios, Stacey Lea Sims, Hattiesburg, attorneys for appellees. EN BANC. SMITH, Chief Justice, for the Court. ¶ 1. Charles W. Irby joined eight other plaintiffs in filing suit against 258 named defendants

  5. Clark v. Sierra

    837 F. Supp. 1179 (M.D. Fla. 1993)   Cited 4 times

    No. 93-443-Civ-T-17A November 15, 1993. Anna M. Clark, pro se. Robert Farrell, pro se. Virginia Farrell, pro se. Henry West Hicks, Henry W. Hicks, P.A., Tampa, FL, Mark James Ragusa, Shear, Newman, Hahn Rosenkranz, P.A., Tampa, FL, Paul J. Martin, Atty. General's Office, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, FL, for defendants. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ELIZABETH KOVACHEVICH, Chief Judge, District. This cause is before the Court on Defendants', MARGARITE M. HART, ROBERT FARRELL, VIRGINIA FARRELL, and MANUEL

  6. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 344,948 times   920 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss