Southern New England Telephone v. Global Naps
390 F. App'x 44 (2d Cir. 2010) Cited 711 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a clear statement from Congress is required before we conclude that a statute withdraws the original jurisdiction of the district courts"
Update Art, Inc. v. Modiin Publishing, Ltd.
843 F.2d 67 (2d Cir. 1988) Cited 434 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding sanctions under Rule 37 are intended to "ensure that a party will not benefit from its own failure to comply" and "to serve a general deterrent effect on the case at hand and on other litigation, provided that the party against whom they are imposed was in some sense at fault"
Cine Forty-Second Street Theatre Corp. v. Allied Artists Pictures Corp.
602 F.2d 1062 (2d Cir. 1979) Cited 473 times
Holding that a plaintiff's grossly negligent failure to produce discovery justified the preclusion of all evidence related to damages, even though that sanction was "tantamount to a dismissal" of plaintiff's claim
Penthouse Intern., Ltd. v. Playboy Enterprises
663 F.2d 371 (2d Cir. 1981) Cited 197 times
Finding that a district court has "broad discretion to determine whether an order should be entered protecting a party from disclosure of information claimed to be privileged or confidential"