Ed McMullen v. Bay Ship Management

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the privilege is available to civil plaintiffs
• holding that the privilege is available to civil plaintiffs
• noting that Federal Rule of Civi l Procedure 37 generally “requires the issuance of an order to compel and only after failure to comply with that order should a penalty be imposed”
• referring to the consequences of properly invoking the Fifth Amendment privilege as “sanctions”
• “Generally, [Rule 37] requires the issuance of an order tMo uctosmchpleerl avn. Tdr oitnt,l y after failure to comply with that order should a penalty be imposed.”
• “We have emphasized this Court’s policy of favoring litigation on the merits, rather than imposing dismissals with prejudice or a default judgment. In Hewlett v. Davis, 844 F.2d 109, 113 (3d Cir. 1988), we stated that ‘[t]hese must be sanctions of last, not first, resort.’”

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Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Steiner v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2004-02-23· cited 19×
• Moser v. Heffington
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-08-16· cited 5×
• LaBrecque Ex Rel. T.N. v. School Administrative District No. 57
  D. Maine· 2006-11-30· cited 1×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lefteri Poulis and Athena Poulis, His Wife v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
  Third Circuit· 1984-11-05· cited 2,455×
• Ungar v. Sarafite
  Supreme Court· 1964-05-04· cited 1,845×
• Carl D. Wehling and Geraldine D. Wehling v. Columbia Broadcasting System
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-02-14· cited 243×
• In Re Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation Mdl
  Third Circuit· 1997-12-22· cited 108×
• Securities And Exchange Commission v. Graystone Nash, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1994-06-01· cited 95×
• Dwight W. Keefer v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-01-26· cited 72×
• Hewlett v. Davis
  Third Circuit· 1988-04-06· cited 61×
• Mitchell v. Roma
  Third Circuit· 1959-04-14· cited 60×
• Serafino v. Hasbro, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1996-04-23· cited 49×
• Nellie Lou Lillie, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Tenth Circuit· 1994-11-21· cited 10×