Costa v. Able Distributors, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• requiring non-moving party in a motion for summary judgment to point to facts which refute movant’s proof in order to show genuine issue of material fact and prohibiting reliance on mere allegations of credibility
• party opposing summary judgment may not merely raise credibility as a genuine issue of material fact without some evidentia-ry matter in support
• credibility of affiant did not constitute a genuine issue of material fact absent discrepancy or contradiction in affiant’s statements on record
• employer not liable because did not know of employee's conduct
• employer not liable because did not know of employee’s conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Manning v. Twin Falls Clinic & Hospital, Inc.
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1992-04-08· cited 85×
• Millross v. Plum Hollow Golf Club
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1987-10-06· cited 64×
• Wong-Leong v. Hawaiian Independent Refinery, Inc.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1994-09-06· cited 53×
• Henderson v. Professional Coatings Corp.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1991-10-24· cited 53×
• Wong v. Panis
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1989-05-04· cited 42×
• McKeague v. Talbert
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-02-09· cited 35×
• McCarthy v. Yempuku
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1984-02-21· cited 24×
• Kang v. Charles Pankow Associates
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1984-01-05· cited 23×
• K. M. Young & Associates, Inc. v. Cieslik
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-12-29· cited 22×
• Yamamoto v. Premier Insurance
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-08-03· cited 21×
• Standard Finance Co., Ltd. v. Ellis
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-01-13· cited 15×
• Corrigan v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-04-02· cited 15×
• Carrington v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1984-05-11· cited 12×
• Guaschino v. Eucalyptus, Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-02-11· cited 11×
• Lane v. Messer
  Utah Supreme Court· 1986-12-23· cited 11×
• Hui Malama Aina O Ko'olau v. Pacarro
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-06-24· cited 9×
• GGS Co., Ltd. v. Masuda
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1996-07-11· cited 9×
• Cordeiro v. Burns
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1989-05-05· cited 7×
• Hawaii Broadcasting Co. v. Hawaii Radio, Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1996-07-16· cited 6×
• Arakaki v. SCD-Olanani Corp.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2006-03-01· cited 6×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Radio City Music Hall Corp. v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1943-05-03· cited 192×
• Colby v. Klune
  Second Circuit· 1949-12-27· cited 173×
• Fletcher v. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1897-11-01· cited 95×
• Thi-Hawaii, Inc., a Hawaii Corporation v. First Commerce Financial Corporation, a Nevada Corporation, and Ellaric Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation
  First Circuit· 1980-09-15· cited 71×
• Beard v. Brown
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1980-08-15· cited 66×
• Tilden Financial Corporation v. Palo Tire Service, Inc. v. The Burroughs Corporation. Appeal of Palo Tire Service, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1979-04-18· cited 65×
• Abraham v. S. E. Onorato Garages
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1968-11-06· cited 64×
• Grace Burnham (Campbell) Curl v. International Business MacHines Corporation, Gerald H. Cohen, Intervenor
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-08-08· cited 48×
• Rinieri v. Scanlon
  S.D. New York· 1966-04-20· cited 45×
• Gealon v. Keala
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1979-03-08· cited 40×
• Patricia Ann Lundeen, General Guardian of Persons and Estates of Maureen Joan Cordner and Michael Joseph Cordner v. France Jeanne Cordner
  Eighth Circuit· 1966-03-01· cited 30×
• Ottensmeyer v. Baskin
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1981-04-02· cited 16×
• Zig Zag Spring Co. v. Comfort Spring Corporation
  D. New Jersey· 1950-03-09· cited 15×
• Matsumura v. County of Hawaii
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1909-07-09· cited 14×
• Nordmark v. Hagadone
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1980-12-15· cited 10×
• Biggs Feed and Grain, Inc. v. City of Waverly
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1979-06-15· cited 3×
• Newark Evening News Pub. Co. v. King Features Syndicate, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1948-01-27· cited 3×
• Dang v. Mt. View Estates
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1981-01-13· cited 2×