Buffington v. Wood

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting “technical” interpretation of Rule 35(b) in favor of flexible approach designed “to facilitate medical report exchange”
• “Having determined that there are methods other than Rule 35(b)(1) which may be used to facilitate an exchange of medical reports, we now consider whether Federal Rule 16 is one of these alternative approaches under the circumstances of this case.”
• “The directive of the Federal Rules to eliminate surprise from litigation demands that we construe them reasonably to facilitate this goal and maximize pre-trial exchange of materials.”
• district court had power to compel full disclosure by exchange of medical reports

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Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Admiral Theatre Corp. v. Douglas Theatre Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-10-18· cited 128×
• United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  District of Columbia· 1978-10-18· cited 63×
• García Negrón v. Tribunal Superior
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1976-03-31· cited 40×
• White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1984-02-07· cited 22×
• Identiseal Corporation of Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Corporation, Plaintiff v. Positive Identification Systems, Incorporated, a Texas Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-08-19· cited 17×
• City of Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
  N.D. Ohio· 1980-03-08· cited 17×
• Otero Prann v. Delbrey Rivera
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1998-01-22· cited 16×
• Hikel v. Abousy
  D. Maryland· 1966-09-27· cited 13×
• Robert Lassiter v. City of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 2013-05-15· cited 10×
• Kotes v. Super Fresh Food Markets, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-07-28· cited 8×
• Admiral Theatre Corporation v. The Douglas Theatre Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-10-18· cited 1×
• Buffington v. Wood
  Third Circuit· 1965-10-15
• Thompson v. E. R. Trucking Co.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1968-04-24

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Link v. Wabash Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 14,398×
• Hickman v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1947-01-13· cited 4,981×
• Schlagenhauf v. Holder
  Supreme Court· 1965-01-18· cited 1,194×
• Harry G. Seaboldt v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff) v. Thompson Mahogany Company (Third-Party Defendant)
  Third Circuit· 1961-06-20· cited 80×
• Sher v. De Haven
  D.C. Circuit· 1952-12-17· cited 63×
• William Link v. Wabash Railroad Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1961-06-29· cited 51×
• O'MALLEY v. Chrysler Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1947-02-19· cited 29×
• Leszynski v. Russ
  D. Maryland· 1961-11-09· cited 16×
• Galloway v. National Dairy Products Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1959-09-03· cited 5×

Other cases named Buffington v. Wood

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Buffington v. Wood
  Third Circuit· 1965-10-15