Alternative System Concepts, Inc. v. Synopsys, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a party could not avoid judicial estoppel by failing to discover “readily available” information
• holding that “the appropriate standard for reviewing a trial court’s application of the doctrine of judicial estoppel” is abuse of discretion (emphasis added)
• recognizing that an exception may be available “if ... the new, inconsistent position is the product of information neither known nor readily available to [a party] at the time the initial position was taken”
• explaining that because court relied on party’s initial position in denying motion to dismiss, party “derived a direct (if temporary) benefit from its original position”
• noting that unfair advantage is “not a formal element of a claim of judicial estoppel”
• emphasizing that \[t]he doctrine's primary utility is to safeguard the integrity of the courts by preventing parties from improperly manipulating the machinery of the justice system\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Haley v. City of Boston
  First Circuit· 2011-09-19· cited 804×
• Borges Ex Rel. SMBW v. Serrano-Isern
  First Circuit· 2010-05-03· cited 476×
• Rodi v. Southern New England School of Law
  First Circuit· 2004-11-10· cited 456×
• Palmer v. Champion Mortgage
  First Circuit· 2006-09-29· cited 416×
• Exergen Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2009-08-04· cited 384×
• Cabán Hernández v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2007-05-01· cited 355×
• Samuel Stallings v. Hussmann Corporation Brian Groninger
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-05-12· cited 296×
• CONNECTU LLC v. Zuckerberg
  First Circuit· 2008-04-03· cited 200×
• United States Ex Rel. Gagne v. City of Worcester
  First Circuit· 2009-05-08· cited 189×
• Hoffman v. Applicators Sales & Service, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2006-02-22· cited 178×
• Willie Love v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-04-04· cited 140×
• Perry v. Blum
  First Circuit· 2010-10-01· cited 138×
• Silvia J. Thomas v. Chancey Miller and Elmwood Cemetery
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-06-27· cited 135×
• Anthony Artuso v. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2011-02-18· cited 130×
• Moses v. Howard University Hospital
  D.C. Circuit· 2010-06-01· cited 96×
• Thore v. Howe
  First Circuit· 2006-10-27· cited 96×
• Garcia-Garcia v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
  First Circuit· 2017-12-22· cited 87×
• Ferring B v. & Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2006-02-15· cited 81×
• Goldings v. Winn
  First Circuit· 2004-09-09· cited 72×
• Guay v. Burack
  First Circuit· 2012-04-19· cited 72×

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 10,096×
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 8,453×
• Pierce v. Underwood
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 6,197×
• General Electric Co. v. Joiner
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-15· cited 4,535×
• New Hampshire v. Maine
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 3,343×
• Hanna v. Plumer
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,853×
• Miller v. Fenton
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-03· cited 1,743×
• Milissa Garside v. Osco Drug, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1990-02-06· cited 1,440×
• Pegram v. Herdrich
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 1,043×
• Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1958-06-23· cited 922×
• Browning Manufacturing v. Mims (In Re Coastal Plains, Inc.)
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-06-18· cited 595×
• Scarano v. Central R. Co. Of New Jersey
  Third Circuit· 1953-04-14· cited 484×
• Lawrence Hamilton v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, an Illinois Corporation David's Restaurant Supply
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-11-05· cited 474×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1996-04-15· cited 413×
• William Edwards v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1982-10-18· cited 411×
• Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Union, Local No. 59 v. Superline Transportation Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1992-01-07· cited 372×
• Garita Hotel Limited Partnership, Etc. v. Ponce Federal Bank, F.S.B.
  First Circuit· 1992-03-05· cited 358×
• Intergen N v. v. Grina
  First Circuit· 2003-09-22· cited 309×