Squyres v. Heico Cos.
782 F.3d 224 (5th Cir. 2015) Cited 260 timesHolding that occasionally calling a plaintiff "old man" in response to the plaintiff's use of "young guy," where the plaintiff did not take offense, failed to show discriminatory animus to raise a genuine issue of fact as to pretext
Filgueira v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n
734 F.3d 420 (5th Cir. 2013) Cited 139 timesHolding that a continuance could not cure prejudice when it would lead to increased expense
Parish v. Frazier
195 F.3d 761 (5th Cir. 1999) Cited 151 timesHolding plaintiff bears the burden of showing that delay was due to oversight, inadvertence or excusable neglect
Glenayre Electronics, Inc. v. Jackson
443 F.3d 851 (Fed. Cir. 2006) Cited 35 timesHolding patentee is barred from collecting damages from customer after supplier/manufacturer already compensated patentee for customer's use of infringed product
Ciena Corp. v. Nortel Networks Inc.
233 F.R.D. 493 (E.D. Tex. 2006) Cited 13 timesFinding good cause for untimely amendment of pleading where movant uncovered significant additional evidence after amendment deadline, and where it had been diligent in investigating its claims
Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 92,835 times 91 Legal AnalysesFinding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint
Rule 16 - Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 Cited 34,667 times 53 Legal AnalysesAdopting the sanctions authorized by Rule 37(b)
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