Adelson v. Harris

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that a Nevada statute allowing for recovery of attorney’s fees was “substantive within the meaning of Erie”
• approving use of Nevada anti-SLAPP law in federal court in part because “immunity” and fee-shifting statutes are substantive under Erie
• reviewing de novo district courtʹs dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Loreley Financing (Jersey) No. 3 Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2015-07-24· cited 895×
• Thea v. Kleinhandler
  Second Circuit· 2015-11-03· cited 173×
• La Liberte v. Reid
  Second Circuit· 2020-07-15· cited 102×
• Cullinane v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2018-06-25· cited 99×
• Alphonse Hotel Corp. v. Tran
  Second Circuit· 2016-07-11· cited 96×
• Wayne Klocke v. University of TX at Arlington
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-08-23· cited 93×
• Adelson v. Harris
  Second Circuit· 2017-11-29· cited 23×
• Small Business Bodyguard Inc. v. House of Moxie, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2017-01-31· cited 23×
• In re Gawker Media LLC
  S.D. New York· 2017-08-21· cited 18×
• Caranchini v. Peck
  D. Kansas· 2018-11-26· cited 14×
• Flo & Eddie, Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2016-04-13· cited 6×
• Incarcerated Entertainment, LLC v. Warner Bros. Pictures
  M.D. Florida· 2017-05-10· cited 5×
• Collision Communications, Inc. v. P Nokia Solutions and Networks OY
  D. New Hampshire· 2025-01-31· cited 1×
• Alphonse Hotel Corporation v. Tran
  Second Circuit· 2016-07-11
• ADELSON VS. HARRIS (NRAP 5)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2017-09-27
• Wayne Klocke v. University of TX at Arlington
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-08-29
• NEV. STATE BD. OF ARCHITECTURE VS. DIST. CT. (RUSK)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2019-10-03
• Haynes v. Crenshaw
  E.D. Texas· 2016-02-11
• US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-01-27
• Volokh v. James
  Second Circuit· 2025-08-01

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Hanna v. Plumer
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,853×
• Meilleur v. Strong
  Second Circuit· 2012-05-24· cited 1,879×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P.
  Second Circuit· 2003-02-25· cited 820×
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin
  Supreme Court· 1944-12-04· cited 752×
• Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.
  Second Circuit· 2006-08-08· cited 714×
• Paddington Partners v. Jean-Louis Bouchard, Herbert A. Denton, Econocom Finance Nv Econocom International N v. Jeffries & Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1994-08-22· cited 608×
• Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-15· cited 308×
• Ferri v. Ackerman
  Supreme Court· 1979-12-04· cited 269×
• McGugan v. Aldana-Bernier
  Second Circuit· 2014-05-16· cited 166×
• Henry v. Lake Charles American Press, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-15· cited 160×
• Julie Cotton, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. William Slone, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1993-09-10· cited 157×
• United States Of America, Ex El., Plaintiff v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-09-10· cited 153×
• Gennifer Flowers v. James Carville Hillary Rodham Clinton Little, Brown & Co. George Stephanopoulos
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-11-12· cited 143×
• Tarla Makaeff v. Trump University, Llc
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-04-17· cited 133×
• Godin v. Schencks
  First Circuit· 2010-12-22· cited 128×
• Chandok v. Klessig
  Second Circuit· 2011-01-13· cited 114×
• Liberty Synergistics Inc. v. Microflo Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2013-05-31· cited 109×