11 Cited authorities

  1. Hefferman v. Bass

    467 F.3d 596 (7th Cir. 2006)   Cited 233 times
    Holding a notice pleading standard in federal courts for an Illinois legal malpractice claim because the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply
  2. Adoma v. University of Phoenix, Inc.

    711 F. Supp. 2d 1142 (E.D. Cal. 2010)   Cited 105 times
    Holding that, where forty percent of potential class members were residing in the Eastern District compared to sixty percent in the Central District, transfer of venue to the Central District was not warranted
  3. Nature's Benefit, Inc. v. Chriscoe

    CIVIL NO. 06-4836 (GEB) (D.N.J. Aug. 27, 2007)   Cited 23 times

    CIVIL NO. 06-4836 (GEB). August 27, 2007 MEMORANDUM OPINION GARRETT BROWN JR., District Judge This matter comes before the Court upon Defendants NFI and Larry Chriscoe (hereinafter "Defendants") motion to dismiss, transfer or stay the instant civil action pursuant to the "first to file rule" and alternatively, to dismiss Plaintiff's Nature's Benefit, Inc. (hereinafter "Plaintiff") Complaint pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 9(b) and 12(b)(6) [Docket Entry # 5]. The action has been reassigned

  4. Arnold v. Directv, Inc.

    Case No. 4:10CV00352 AGF (E.D. Mo. Mar. 7, 2011)   Cited 17 times
    Finding that plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded FLSA overtime and minimum wage claims to survive a motion to dismiss even though the complaint did not include specific hours worked by plaintiffs
  5. QVC, Inc. v. Patiomats.com, LLC

    CIVIL ACTION No. 12-3168 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 3, 2012)   Cited 14 times
    Ruling that transfer was permissible even though the plaintiff was not a party to the lawsuit pending in the transferee forum
  6. Greygor v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc.

    Civil Action No. 2:14-cv-1254 (W.D. Pa. Feb. 27, 2016)   Cited 9 times
    Recognizing that for Rule 16(b) purposes "inadvertence can be found to be sufficient to constitute good cause"
  7. Martin v. Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    CIVIL ACTION No. 10-260 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 13, 2010)   Cited 10 times
    Noting that the plaintiffs and defendants in the two actions were different
  8. CHIEFTAIN ROYALTY COMPANY v. XTO ENERGY, INC.

    No. CIV-11-29-FHS (E.D. Okla. Apr. 22, 2011)   Cited 8 times

    No. CIV-11-29-FHS. April 22, 2011 OPINION AND ORDER FRANK SEAY, District Judge This is an action brought by Chieftain Royalty Company ("Chieftain") and putative class members seeking to recover for the failure of XTO Energy, Inc. (including predecessors, successors and affiliates) ("XTO"), as the operator of certain Oklahoma gas wells, to properly pay royalties due on the production of gas and gas constituents from these Oklahoma wells. Chieftain's asserted theories of recovery are derived from its

  9. Hebert v. MudTech Servs.

    15cv0933 (W.D. Pa. Sep. 23, 2015)   Cited 3 times
    In Hebert v. MudTech Services, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128164, the court dismissed without prejudice a suit naming the plaintiff as the lead representative in a class action while he remained a party-plaintiff member in a second class action suit involving the same underlying facts.
  10. Medina v. Bros. Behrman Hwy., Inc.

    CIVIL ACTION NO: 13-4831 SECTION: R(4) (E.D. La. Jun. 12, 2015)   Cited 3 times

    CIVIL ACTION NO: 13-4831 SECTION: R(4) 06-12-2015 REINA PRADA MEDINA Plaintiff, v. BROTHERS BEHRMAN HWY., INC. AND BROTHERS STUMPF & TERRY PARKWAY, INC. Defendants. SARAH S. VANCE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE ORDER AND REASONS Plaintiff Reina Prada Medina moves the Court to conditionally certify a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). The Court denies the motion because plaintiff's proposed collective class is duplicative of a previously-filed FLSA collective