Cornwell v. Robinson

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that there was no mistake of identity when plaintiff failed to name certain defendants in original complaint whose identities she knew, as evidenced by an exhibit attached to the complaint
• finding that the continuous practice and policy of discrimination by defendant must be experienced by the plaintiff
• finding a continuing violation despite the break in the chain of events because the three-year hiatus in harassment was a direct result of plaintiffs debilitating illness, which defendants caused
• continuing violation occurred where plaintiff “suffered the same kinds of harassment at the hands of some of the same” individuals
• finding claim timely where a specific individual was subjected to defendant’s continuing discriminatory practices
• “holding that, where a plaintiff ‘knew the identities’ of the defendants she proposed to add to her complaint, ‘her failure to [sue] them in the original complaint, in light of her obvious knowledge[,] . . . . must be considered a matter of choice, not mistake”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Carole Tomka v. The Seiler Corporation, Daniel Lucey, David Polonsky and Timothy Conroy
  Second Circuit· 1995-09-27· cited 1,260×
• KRUPSKI v. COSTA CROCIERE S. P. A
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-07· cited 866×
• Patterson v. County of Oneida
  Second Circuit· 2004-07-15· cited 784×
• Williams v. New York City Housing Authority
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-01-27· cited 498×
• Harris v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 1999-08-03· cited 446×
• Kenneth Wynder v. James W. McMahon David Spahl, Robert Jones, Louis B. Barbaria, Craig Masterson, Individually, John Keats, Marine Midland Bank
  Second Circuit· 2004-03-01· cited 417×
• Lisa L. Fitzgerald v. William Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
  Second Circuit· 2001-05-31· cited 413×
• Greer v. Paulson
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-11-02· cited 222×
• Jackson v. NYS Department of Labor
  S.D. New York· 2010-04-26· cited 200×
• Billie R. Banks v. General Motors, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2023-09-07· cited 163×
• In Re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-11-21· cited 156×
• Milan v. Wertheimer
  Second Circuit· 2015-12-22· cited 156×
• Little v. National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2002-04-22· cited 101×
• Flaherty v. Metromail Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2000-12-19· cited 88×
• Flores v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2018-03-15· cited 84×
• Blaskiewicz v. County of Suffolk
  E.D. New York· 1998-12-07· cited 81×
• Barnes v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2023-05-22· cited 76×
• Miner v. Town of Cheshire
  D. Connecticut· 2000-09-29· cited 72×
• Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York v. Phase Construction Services, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2016-11-30· cited 67×
• Silva v. Peninsula Hotel
  S.D. New York· 2007-09-13· cited 61×

Cites

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

• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 5,248×
• Pullman-Standard v. Swint
  Supreme Court· 1982-04-27· cited 2,420×
• Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-24· cited 1,233×
• Barbara J. HENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DUNDEE, Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-08-09· cited 1,019×
• Schiavone v. Fortune
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-18· cited 857×
• Jerome Singleton v. City of New York, Ronald Salzer and Anthony Dellaventura
  Second Circuit· 1980-09-25· cited 568×
• Cornwell v. Robinson
  Second Circuit· 1994-05-03· cited 259×
• Linda Morse v. University of Vermont
  Second Circuit· 1992-08-19· cited 199×
• Weit v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-01· cited 165×
• Acha v. Beame
  Second Circuit· 1978-01-12· cited 155×
• Gomes v. Avco Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1992-06-01· cited 136×
• Lambert v. Genesee Hospital
  Second Circuit· 1993-09-17· cited 112×
• New York City Housing Authority v. Owens
  Supreme Court· 1991-11-12· cited 88×
• Bireline v. Seagondollar
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-12-12· cited 81×
• Association Against Discrimination in Employment, Inc. v. City of Bridgeport
  Second Circuit· 1981-04-08· cited 79×
• Sonya A. ALMENDRAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Second Circuit· 1984-06-13· cited 76×
• Horace BROWN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, Defendant/ Appellee
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-07-08· cited 46×
• James Baylis, Cross-Appellees v. Marriott Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1990-06-22· cited 43×
• Miller v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1985-02-06· cited 42×