7 Cited authorities

  1. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell

    538 U.S. 408 (2003)   Cited 2,668 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an award of $145 million in punitive damages on a $1 million compensatory verdict violated due process
  2. Brosted v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America

    421 F.3d 459 (7th Cir. 2005)   Cited 128 times
    Holding that a party requesting an extension of time to complete discovery after the deadline is required to show excusable neglect
  3. Pilgrim v. the Trustees of Tufts College

    118 F.3d 864 (1st Cir. 1997)   Cited 107 times
    Holding that a grievance committee report was an adoptive admission because the university president to whom it was submitted had implemented all three of the report's recommendations, including relieving an employee of supervisory duties
  4. Fitzgerald v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

    491 F. Supp. 2d 177 (D. Mass. 2007)   Cited 31 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that photographs taken for a news story were factual
  5. Coyante v. Puerto Rico Ports Authority

    105 F.3d 17 (1st Cir. 1997)   Cited 19 times
    Confining Rule 50 review to "the record upon which the plaintiff rested her case ..."
  6. U.S. v. Sayer

    450 F.3d 82 (1st Cir. 2006)   Cited 9 times
    Affirming summary judgment on mortgage deficiency based on "sworn declaration stating the amount owed based on [plaintiff's] business records and the. . . affiant's personal knowledge of the [defendant's] loan account"
  7. Rule 6 - Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 6   Cited 48,041 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "if the last day [of a period] is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday."