Navellier v. Sletten
262 F.3d 923 (9th Cir. 2001) Cited 215 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding no abuse of discretion in district court's voluntary dismissal of claims under Rule 41 and holding that the court did not have to inform the jury that the dismissed claims might later be refiled
Woodrow Woods & Marine Exhaust Sys., Inc. v. Deangelo Marine Exhaust, Inc.
692 F.3d 1272 (Fed. Cir. 2012) Cited 81 timesFinding it unnecessary to read proposed limitation into claim term where every claim that used the term already included the limitation
Abbott Laboratories v. Brennan
952 F.2d 1346 (Fed. Cir. 1992) Cited 80 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a state law claim for abuse of process, bottomed on the allegation that the patentee engaged in inequitable conduct, was preempted by the federal patent law
Beatrice Foods v. New England Printing
899 F.2d 1171 (Fed. Cir. 1990) Cited 54 timesHolding that a "principal purpose" of section 1927 is deterrence
Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 Cited 94,500 times 650 Legal AnalysesAdopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 Cited 45,716 times 318 Legal AnalysesHolding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness
Rule 403 - Excluding Relevant Evidence for Prejudice, Confusion, Waste of Time, or Other Reasons
Fed. R. Evid. 403 Cited 22,456 times 81 Legal AnalysesAdopting a similar standard, but requiring the probative value to be "substantially outweighed" by these risks