30 Cited authorities

Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council
467 U.S. 837 (1984) Cited 16,164 times 612 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"
Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders
437 U.S. 340 (1978) Cited 4,489 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding that that the production of putative class members' names pursuant to Federal Rule 26 was not "within the scope of legitimate discovery."
Hickman v. Taylor
329 U.S. 495 (1947) Cited 6,569 times 31 Legal Analyses
Holding in the context of the work product privilege that the adversary system requires a party's attorney be permitted to “assemble information, sift what he considers to be the relevant from the irrelevant facts, prepare his legal theories and plan his strategy without undue and needless interference”
Satterfield v. Simon Schuster
569 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2009) Cited 425 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that the FCC's interpretation that a text message is a "call" under the TCPA is reasonable
Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC
229 F.R.D. 422 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) Cited 295 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[i]n this circuit, a `culpable state of mind' for purposes of a spoliation inference includes ordinary negligence"
Eggleston v. Chi. Journeymen Plumbers' Local Union No. 130
657 F.2d 890 (7th Cir. 1981) Cited 587 times
Holding that a parent corporation not named in an EEOC charge could not be sued under Title VII because, although it had notice of the suit of its subsidiary, it did not know of charges against itself nor did it have an opportunity to participate in conciliation on its own behalf.
Josephs v. Harris Corp.
677 F.2d 985 (3d Cir. 1982) Cited 316 times
Holding that it was an abuse of discretion to restrict plaintiffs' ability to address on redirect examination the impression left by cross-examination that plaintiffs' expert had no support for his opinion
Rossetto v. Pabst Brewing Company
217 F.3d 539 (7th Cir. 2000) Cited 186 times 1 Legal Analyses
Finding a latent ambiguity where a parallel CBA with the brewery workers' union was amended to explicitly limit health-care benefits to the "term of agreement," while the CBA of the plaintiffs machinists' union was renewed without such a limitation
Sirota v. Solitron Devices, Inc.
673 F.2d 566 (2d Cir. 1982) Cited 297 times
Holding defendants liable for securities fraud because they reported consignment transactions as sales
Yancey v. Hooten
180 F.R.D. 203 (D. Conn. 1998) Cited 43 times
Granting plaintiff's motion to compel information about debt collector's conduct as to other debtors in FDCPA case because "[t]he defendant offers no support for his interpretation of 15 U.S.C. § 1692k as referring to the debt collector's conduct toward a specific debtor, not to all debtors."
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 98,841 times 678 Legal Analyses
Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 23 - Class Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 35,820 times 1247 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
Rule 1 - Scope and Purpose
Fed. R. Civ. P. 1 Cited 15,612 times 51 Legal Analyses
Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"
Section 227 - Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
47 U.S.C. § 227 Cited 5,766 times 742 Legal Analyses
Granting exclusive jurisdiction to federal courts over actions brought by state attorney generals

Soppet v. Enhanced Recovery Corporation

30 Cited authorities

Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

Holding that that the production of putative class members' names pursuant to Federal Rule 26 was not "within the scope of legitimate discovery."

Holding that the FCC's interpretation that a text message is a "call" under the TCPA is reasonable

Holding that "[i]n this circuit, a `culpable state of mind' for purposes of a spoliation inference includes ordinary negligence"

Holding that a parent corporation not named in an EEOC charge could not be sued under Title VII because, although it had notice of the suit of its subsidiary, it did not know of charges against itself nor did it have an opportunity to participate in conciliation on its own behalf.

Holding that it was an abuse of discretion to restrict plaintiffs' ability to address on redirect examination the impression left by cross-examination that plaintiffs' expert had no support for his opinion

Finding a latent ambiguity where a parallel CBA with the brewery workers' union was amended to explicitly limit health-care benefits to the "term of agreement," while the CBA of the plaintiffs machinists' union was renewed without such a limitation

Holding defendants liable for securities fraud because they reported consignment transactions as sales

Granting plaintiff's motion to compel information about debt collector's conduct as to other debtors in FDCPA case because "[t]he defendant offers no support for his interpretation of 15 U.S.C. § 1692k as referring to the debt collector's conduct toward a specific debtor, not to all debtors."

Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"

Granting exclusive jurisdiction to federal courts over actions brought by state attorney generals