20 Cited authorities

  1. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Gottshall

    512 U.S. 532 (1994)   Cited 696 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that common law principles are entitled to great weight in FELA analysis unless expressly rejected in text of statute
  2. Design Strategy v. Davis

    469 F.3d 284 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 601 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a bad faith requirement "should not be read into the Rule."
  3. Merrill v. Waffle House, Inc.

    227 F.R.D. 467 (N.D. Tex. 2005)   Cited 228 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding plaintiff was not required to disclose a dollar amount of damages under Rule 26(C) because plaintiff did not intend to ask the jury for a specific dollar amount of damages at trial
  4. Payton v. Abbott Labs

    386 Mass. 540 (Mass. 1982)   Cited 372 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that market share liability theory could not be used to hold named defendants, DES manufacturers, responsible for marketing a prescription drug that injured plaintiffs in utero
  5. Macaulay v. Anas

    321 F.3d 45 (1st Cir. 2003)   Cited 172 times
    Holding adherence to temporal parameters relative to discovery to be within the trial court's discretion
  6. Ortiz-Lopez v. Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo Y Beneficiencia de Puerto Rico

    248 F.3d 29 (1st Cir. 2001)   Cited 176 times
    Holding that district courts have broad discretion in meting out Rule 37(c) sanctions for Rule 26 violations
  7. Bratt v. International Business Machines Corp.

    392 Mass. 508 (Mass. 1984)   Cited 231 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing a patient's valid interest in preserving the confidentiality of medical facts relayed to physician
  8. U.S. v. Councilman

    418 F.3d 67 (1st Cir. 2005)   Cited 111 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Subsection "refers to temporary storage, such as when a message sits in an email user’s mailbox after transmission but before the user has retrieved the message from the mail server"
  9. Morrison Knudsen v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

    175 F.3d 1221 (10th Cir. 1999)   Cited 112 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Severin doctrine can only bar a contractor's pass-through suit against the government if the government first asserts at trial, and then proves, that the contractor is not liable to the subcontractor for the costs in suit
  10. Alstyne v. Elec

    560 F.3d 199 (4th Cir. 2009)   Cited 51 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding in the context of the SCA that "proof of actual damages is not required before an award of either punitive damages or attorney's fees"
  11. Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 95,205 times   655 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
  12. Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 37   Cited 45,983 times   320 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness
  13. Section 552a - Records maintained on individuals

    5 U.S.C. § 552a   Cited 4,438 times   47 Legal Analyses
    Finding that it is a Department of Justice component that has as its principal function the enforcement of criminal laws includ[ing] correctional authorities
  14. Section 2707 - Civil action

    18 U.S.C. § 2707   Cited 458 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Granting relief to those "aggrieved by any violation of this chapter in which the conduct constituting the violation is engaged in with a knowing or intentional state of mind"
  15. Section 214:1B - Right of privacy

    Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214 § 1B   Cited 195 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Creating statutory right to privacy