Bruce v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• “Naming unknown, fictitious, or ‘John Doe’ defendants in a complaint does not toll the statute of limitations until such time as the names of these parties can be secured. Instead, it amounts to a change of parties under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c
• same attorney represented original and additional defendants at all times from institution of suit, such that relation back of amendments substituting individual police officers in place of fictitious defendants allowed
• informal notice of commencement of action sufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Buran v. Coupal
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-12-21· cited 409×
• Lacedra v. Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility
  D. Rhode Island· 2004-09-13· cited 97×
• Ayres v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
  D. Maryland· 2015-09-08· cited 48×
• Farmer v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1990-03-02· cited 32×
• Wandrey v. Service Business Forms, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1991-04-09· cited 9×
• Cholopy v. City of Providence
  D. Rhode Island· 2005-05-25· cited 9×
• Ross v. Franklin County Department of Social Services
  W.D. Virginia· 2016-05-11· cited 7×
• Shortt v. Richlands Mall Associates
  W.D. Virginia· 1991-10-21· cited 4×
• Schieszler v. Ferrum College
  W.D. Virginia· 2002-12-02· cited 4×
• Bagwell v. City of Atlanta
  N.D. Georgia· 1985-10-24· cited 4×
• Smeal v. Olson
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2001-12-11· cited 3×
• Wyatt v. Owens
  W.D. Virginia· 2016-10-12· cited 3×
• Saviour v. City of Kansas City, Kan.
  D. Kansas· 1992-06-22· cited 2×
• Conley v. Bishop
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1993-11-15· cited 2×
• Denny v. Hinton
  M.D. North Carolina· 1986-06-20· cited 2×
• Bechtel v. Robinson
  D. Delaware· 1988-12-15· cited 2×
• Phillips v. United Fixtures Co.
  W.D. Virginia· 1996-08-29· cited 2×
• Lohman v. Schwartz & Meyers (In re Schwartz & Meyers)
  S.D. New York· 1988-02-09· cited 1×
• Curtis v. Fairfax Hospital
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1995-01-24

Cites

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

• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Chardon v. Fumero Soto
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 275×
• James Wood, Cross v. Allen Worachek, Cross
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-04-08· cited 186×
• Harriett Duet Kirk, Widow of Dalta Ray Kirk v. Alwynn J. Cronvich, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of the Parish of Jefferson
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-10-27· cited 127×
• Francisco Hernandez Jimenez v. Astol Calero Toledo
  First Circuit· 1979-07-27· cited 123×
• Craig v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-06-24· cited 106×
• Varlack v. SWC Caribbean, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1977-02-22· cited 95×
• Raul C. Montalvo v. Tower Life Building and Tower Life Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-05-15· cited 91×
• Joseph E. Hill v. Trustees of Indiana University
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-04-05· cited 65×
• Malcolm Simmons and Doris Simmons v. Teresa D. Fenton and James L. Garrison
  Seventh Circuit· 1973-06-15· cited 63×
• Charles L. Longbottom and Nancy Sue Chapman v. Roy Ralph Swaby, a Minor, by His Next Friend, Harold F. Edwards
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-08-14· cited 44×
• Ames v. Vavreck
  D. Minnesota· 1973-02-23· cited 44×
• James Sassi v. Harold Breier, Etc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1978-10-06· cited 40×
• Roy Atkinson, Administrator of the Estate of Alex Norris Atkinson v. E. R. Bass and A. J. Hayes, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 1978-07-13· cited 33×
• Britt v. Arvanitis
  Third Circuit· 1978-11-24· cited 33×
• Johnson v. Davis
  Fourth Circuit· 1978-09-05· cited 29×
• Francis v. Pan American Trinidad Oil Company
  D. Delaware· 1975-05-01· cited 26×
• Gary Eakins v. Amos Reed Samuel P. Garrison, and Robert L. Hinton, Gary Eakins v. Amos Reed Samuel P. Garrison, and Robert L. Hinton
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-06-24· cited 23×
• Florence v. Krasucki
  W.D. New York· 1982-02-25· cited 20×
• Williams v. Ward
  W.D. New York· 1983-01-10· cited 12×