Calloway v. Marvel Entertainment Group

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

• affirming sanctions and explaining that “[i]t is … en- tirely possible that a baseless factual claim will survive a mo- tion for summary judgment, particularly where an attorney prepares an affidavit for a client s[t]ating a material fact for which there is no basis”
• affirming sanctions and explaining that “[i]t is … en- tirely possible that a baseless factual claim will survive a mo- tion for summary judgment, particularly where an attorney prepares an affidavit for a client s[t]ating a material fact for which there is no basis”
• plaintiff should not share counsel’s liability for Rule 11 sanctions unless plaintiff had actual knowledge of wrongful conduct by counsel
• “attorneys are expected to measure up to minimal standards of professional competence under the Rule and thus may not excuse their conduct on the ground that they were acting in good faith”
• one hundred thousand dollars in sanctions found appropriate; district judge considered “the gravity of the rule 11 violation, the circumstances of the violation within the context of the case, and the financial resources of the respective parties”

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Cited by

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

• Frederick Lawrence White, Jr. Benjamin L. Staponski, Jr., and Gwen G. Caranchini v. General Motors Corporation, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-07-19· cited 337×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-03-01· cited 240×
• George Hadges, William M. Kunstler v. Yonkers Racing Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1995-03-02· cited 178×
• John A. Healey, Michael S. Press v. Chelsea Resources, Ltd., Dominick & Dominick Securities, Inc. And Dominick & Dominick, Incorporated
  Second Circuit· 1991-10-18· cited 163×
• Whiting v. Lacara
  Second Circuit· 1999-08-23· cited 162×
• Uselman v. Uselman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1990-12-14· cited 138×
• Media Duplication Services, Ltd. v. Hdg Software, Inc., Joseph Wine
  First Circuit· 1991-04-23· cited 128×
• Cross & Cross Properties, Ltd., Cross-Appellant v. Everett Allied Company, Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1989-09-21· cited 116×
• Margo v. Weiss
  Second Circuit· 2000-05-22· cited 112×
• MacDraw Inc., Klayman & Associates, P.C. And Larry Klayman, Esq. v. The Cit Group Equipment Financing, Inc. And Richard Johnston
  Second Circuit· 1996-01-03· cited 90×
• Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc. Michael Shipp
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-12-21· cited 74×
• Alice Lisa Greenberg, Cross-Appellant, Phyllis Gelman, Susan R. Meredith v. Hilton International Co., Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1989-06-01· cited 65×
• John P. Deluca v. Long Island Lighting Company, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1988-12-02· cited 62×
• Salovaara v. Eckert
  Second Circuit· 2000-08-09· cited 58×
• Garr v. U.S. Healthcare, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1994-06-29· cited 56×
• James P. Lemaster, Barbara Lemaster, Stephen Lemaster, James R. Kingsley v. United States of America, Harold Webb, Department of Internal Revenue
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-11-02· cited 52×
• Vista Co. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1989-12-06· cited 52×
• Greenblatt v. Prescription Plan Services Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1992-03-23· cited 37×
• AP Industries, Inc. v. SN Phelps (In Re AP Industries, Inc.)
  S.D. New York· 1990-07-26· cited 37×
• Hilton Hotels Corporation D/B/A Capital Hilton Hotel v. Alan Banov, Hilton Hotels Corporation D/B/A Capital Hilton Hotel v. Alan Banov
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-03-23· cited 35×

Other cases named Calloway v. Marvel Entertainment Group

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Calloway v. Marvel Entertainment Group
  S.D. New York· 1986-08-01· cited 17×
• Calloway v. Marvel Entertainment Group
  Second Circuit· 1990-05-11· cited 3×
• Calloway v. Marvel Entertainment Group
  S.D. New York· 1985-01-29· cited 1×