Cox v. Cox

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that while most of the delay was not attributable to the plaintiff, she nonetheless “bore the obligation to prosecute the case to a conclusion”
• “Given the length of time that has passed in this case, ... we find that [Defendant] is due some measure of presumed prejudice.”
• “We also find that lesser sanctions would not suffice under these circumstances because lesser sanctions could not cure the prejudice . . . caused by the delay.”
• “The power to dismiss for failure to prosecute is granted not only by Rule 41(b), but is part of a trial court’s inherent authority and is necessary for “the orderly expedition of justice and the court’s control of its own docket.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Holder v. Orange Grove Medical Specialties, P.A.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-12-09· cited 48×
• Hillman v. Weatherly
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-08-13· cited 36×
• Hill v. Ramsey
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-02-26· cited 26×
• McNeese v. McNeese
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-10-10· cited 17×
• Collins v. Koppers, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-04-21· cited 16×
• Manning v. King's Daughters Medical Center
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-03-27· cited 12×
• Hanson v. Disotell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-01-31· cited 11×
• Jackson Public School District v. Head Ex Rel. Russell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-08-11· cited 10×
• Ground Control, LLC. v. Capsco Industries, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2017-03-09· cited 7×
• Jenkins Ex Rel. Jenkins v. Tucker
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-02-17· cited 6×
• Hanson v. Disotell
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-11-08· cited 6×
• Entergy Mississippi, Inc. v. Richardson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-03-20· cited 6×
• Holder v. Orange Grove Medical Specialties, P.A.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2010-01-05· cited 5×
• State of Mississippi v. Louisville Tire Center, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2016-12-08· cited 5×
• Cornelius v. Benefield
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-09-03· cited 5×
• Elnora Holmes v. Teresa Grisby
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2017-06-27· cited 4×
• Pinson v. Grimes
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2010-08-24· cited 3×
• Estate of Pataelain Paulk v. Dr. Roger T. Lott
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2017-01-31· cited 3×
• Thompson v. Hutchinson
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-03-27· cited 3×
• Francis Tucker v. Delta Regional Medical Center
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-03-29· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Link v. Wabash Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 14,398×
• Sam ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KROGER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-03-05· cited 315×
• Albert Flaksa v. Little River Marine Construction Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-02-08· cited 260×
• Mullins v. Ratcliff
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-11-25· cited 210×
• Sidney Morris v. Ocean Systems, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-04-19· cited 125×
• Tricon Metals & Services, Inc. v. Topp
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-12-09· cited 122×
• Watson v. Lillard
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 84×
• Wallace v. Jones
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-09-19· cited 81×
• American Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Days Inn
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-13· cited 80×
• Sealed v. Sealed
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-06-12· cited 66×
• GCIU Employer Retirement Fund v. Chicago Tribune Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-11-03· cited 40×
• Smith v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-19· cited 27×
• Hoffman v. Paracelsus Health Care Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-12-16· cited 25×
• Tolliver Ex Rel. Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Green v. Mladineo
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-07-17· cited 20×
• Hine v. Anchor Lake Property Owners Ass'n, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-09-27· cited 20×
• Hensarling v. Holly
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-06-05· cited 18×
• WINDING v. Estate of Winding
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-04-19· cited 14×
• Matter of Estate of Davis
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-29· cited 12×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  M.D. Georgia· 1985-10-29· cited 11×
• MS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. Helton
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-08-19· cited 10×