United States v. Mead Corp.
533 U.S. 218 (2001) Cited 2,617 times 41 Legal AnalysesHolding that a Customs classification ruling "has no claim to judicial deference under Chevron " but can "claim respect according to its persuasiveness"
Bank of Waunakee v. Rochester Cheese Sales
906 F.2d 1185 (7th Cir. 1990) Cited 1,135 timesHolding that a motion for reconsideration performs a valuable function where the court has patently misunderstood a party, has made a decision outside the adversarial issues presented, or has made an error not of reasoning but of apprehension
Dynegy Mktg. v. Multiut Corp..
648 F.3d 506 (7th Cir. 2011) Cited 279 timesHolding that alleged "best price" contract is too vague to constitute a legally enforceable contract term
Solis v. Current Development Corp.
557 F.3d 772 (7th Cir. 2009) Cited 68 timesNoting that the postjudgment finality "inquiry takes us into rocky terrain, since determining what constitutes a final decision can be [especially] tricky" in that context
Kelley v. Chicago Park Dist
635 F.3d 290 (7th Cir. 2011) Cited 38 times 10 Legal AnalysesQuestioning Phillips's limitation on the public presentation exception and discussing why the public presentation exception may be applicable to art that integrates its location as one of its elements
United Air Lines, Inc. v. ALG, Inc.
916 F. Supp. 793 (N.D. Ill. 1996) Cited 53 timesFinding that such provisions are an "attempt by market participants to allocate risks and opportunities."
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Electrolux Home Prods., Inc.
840 F. Supp. 2d 1072 (N.D. Ill. 2012) Cited 25 timesIndicating that discoverable “factual” information includes material that the expert “considered”—i.e., was provided or otherwise exposed to in the course of developing his or her opinions—rather than just the narrower spectrum of material that the expert “relied upon”
Cleveland Hair Clinic, Inc. v. Puig
200 F.3d 1063 (7th Cir. 2000) Cited 37 timesUpholding district court sanctioning attorney for, inter alia, failing to disclose relevant information
Morris v. Business Concepts, Inc.
283 F.3d 502 (2d Cir. 2002) Cited 33 times 1 Legal AnalysesDenying rehearing and clarifying previous opinion
Batjac Prod. Inc. v. Goodtimes Home Video
160 F.3d 1223 (9th Cir. 1998) Cited 32 timesHolding that, to the extent copyrightable material in an unpublished work "is incorporated" in a published derivative work based thereon and actually becomes a "component" thereof, it will be considered published by the later work
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 97,825 times 674 Legal AnalysesAdopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 Cited 47,073 times 326 Legal AnalysesHolding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness
Rule 54 - Judgment; Costs
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54 Cited 42,087 times 144 Legal AnalysesHolding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system