Pioneer Investment Services Company v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership
507 U.S. 380 (1993) Cited 7,811 times 14 Legal AnalysesHolding that clients must be held accountable for the acts and omissions of their attorneys
Link v. Wabash Railroad Co.
370 U.S. 626 (1962) Cited 24,196 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that Rule 41(b)'s allowance for a party to move to dismiss for failure to prosecute did not implicitly abrogate the court's power to dismiss sua sponte
United States v. Boyle
469 U.S. 241 (1985) Cited 984 times 24 Legal AnalysesHolding that a client could be penalized for counsel's tardy filing of a tax return
Smith v. Ayer
101 U.S. 320 (1879) Cited 230 times 1 Legal AnalysesOCTOBER TERM, 1879. 1. A principal is, in law, affected with notice of all facts, of which notice can be charged upon his attorney. 2. Parties who deal with an executor, exercising his power of disposition of the personal assets of the estate in his hands, to raise money, not for the estate or the settlement of its affairs, but for the business of a commercial firm, are bound to look into his authority, and are held to a knowledge of all the limitations which the will, as well as the law, puts thereon
Rule 6 - Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 Cited 49,437 times 24 Legal AnalysesHolding 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."