Coulter v. B. F. Thompson Lumber Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the two requirements under Rule 35(a), namely, the “in controversy” requirement and the “good cause” requirement, “are distinct and implicate different concerns”
• stating that the two requirements under Rule 35(a), namely, the “in controversy” requirement and the “good cause” requirement, “are distinct and implicate different concerns”
• noting that the 12 list of “elements should not be seen as exhaustive, nor should the presence of any one (or more) of 13 them automatically lead to a finding that a plaintiff has put her mental state into controversy”
• noting as also important, besides the five factors, “any ‘allegation of present, ongoing, or permanent mental injury or disorder’”
• describing claims of anxiety, mild depression, and difficulty sleeping as garden-variety
• “One factor that is relevant to the determination of “good cause’ is the possibility of obtaining the desired information by other means.”’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).