15 Cited authorities

  1. Neilson v. D'Angelis

    409 F.3d 100 (2d Cir. 2005)   Cited 412 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a plaintiff must identify "a comparator" whose circumstances are sufficiently similar
  2. Skehan v. Village of Mamaroneck

    465 F.3d 96 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 197 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "as a general proposition . . . governmental entities may not inflict an adverse employment decision upon an exercise of [its employee's] First Amendment rights," and finding that this right was clearly established as of the period when the alleged retaliation took place
  3. In re Fitch, Inc.

    330 F.3d 104 (2d Cir. 2003)   Cited 194 times
    Noting that a motion to quash is "entrusted to the sound discretion of the district court"
  4. Cusumano v. Microsoft Corp.

    162 F.3d 708 (1st Cir. 1998)   Cited 212 times
    Holding that "ample authority supports the proposition that, whatever the procedural context, pure questions of law warrant de novo review"
  5. Powell v. Gardner

    891 F.2d 1039 (2d Cir. 1989)   Cited 162 times
    Holding that jury could "easily" find excessive force where officer slammed detainee to ground in police station and detainee did not resist
  6. Jones v. Hirschfeld

    219 F.R.D. 71 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)   Cited 84 times
    Recognizing that Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure "provides additional protection for non-parties subject to a subpoena by mandating that a court quash or modify the subpoena if it . . . subjects person to undue burden."
  7. Compaq Computer Corp. v. Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.

    163 F.R.D. 329 (N.D. Cal. 1995)   Cited 101 times
    Finding misguided the argument that "a non-party, lacks standing to assert non-relevance in seeking to quash a subpoena."
  8. United States v. International Business Machines Corp.

    83 F.R.D. 97 (S.D.N.Y. 1979)   Cited 123 times
    Denying motion to quash records subpoena for information about which the defendant's chairman intended to testify to establish the government plaintiff's "clear" need given that the documents likely contained information "from which cross-examination may be fashioned"
  9. Johnson v. Bryco Arms

    226 F.R.D. 441 (E.D.N.Y. 2005)   Cited 8 times

    Law Office of Elisa Barnes, by Elisa Barnes, Esq., New York, NY, for the Plaintiff Joan Truman Smith. Taub & Marder, by Elliot H. Taub, Esq., Alison G. Fabella, Esq., New York, NY, for the Plaintiff Jacquione Johnson. Renzulli, Pisciotti & Renzulli, LLP, by John F. Renzulli, Esq., New York, NY, for the Defendant Atlantic Gun & Tackle, Inc. Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, LLP, by Paul L. Kassirer, Esq., New York, NY, The Chiafullo White Group, LLP, by Christopher M. Chiafullo, Esq., Watchung, NJ, for

  10. Cofield v. City of LaGrange

    913 F. Supp. 608 (D.D.C. 1996)   Cited 10 times
    Finding an implied assurance of confidentiality in voting rights investigation because those questioned were individuals “closely associated with decision makers in local or state government and whose livelihoods or personal safety might be in jeopardy if their contact with the Department of Justice was disclosed
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 489,951 times   693 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 95,870 times   659 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
  13. Rule 45 - Subpoena

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 45   Cited 16,720 times   105 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a subpoena may command a person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition "within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person"
  14. Section 2000cc - Protection of land use as religious exercise

    42 U.S.C. § 2000cc   Cited 2,937 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Requiring comparison with a "nonreligious assembly or institution"