Edward E. Lucente, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. International Business MacHines Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that while “leave to amend a pleading ‘shall be freely given when justice so requires’ . . . [o]ne appropriate basis for denying leave to amend is that the proposed amendment is futile.”
• reaffirming that a court’s role at the summary judgment stage “is not to weigh the evidence or resolve issues of fact”
• stating that courts may not deprive parties of the right to file responses to amended pleadings
• noting that amendment is futile if “the proposed claim could not withstand a motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)”
• reaffirming that a court’s role at the summary judgment stage “is not to weigh the evidence or resolve issues of fact”
• noting that leave to amend may be denied when amendment is “unlikely to be productive,” such as when an amendment is “futile” and “could not withstand a motion to dismiss [under] Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Second Circuit· 2014-05-02· cited 323×
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• Oscar Gruss & Son, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Yossie Hollander, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 2003-07-23· cited 267×
• Sec. Investor Prot. Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLC
  S.D. New York· 2018-10-03· cited 202×
• In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-02-19· cited 193×
• GEOMC Co., Ltd. v. Calmare Therapeutics Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2019-03-12· cited 186×
• Robert E. Muller, Antoinette I. Muller v. First Unum Life Insurance Company
  First Circuit· 2003-08-18· cited 121×
• Mark Boyce v. Soundview Technology Group, Inc. (Formerly Known as Wit Capital Group, Inc.), Docket No. 05-1685-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-09-29· cited 116×
• Chicago United Industries, Ltd. v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-04-25· cited 104×
• Balintulo Ex Rel. Balintulo v. Ford Motor Co.
  Second Circuit· 2015-07-27· cited 100×
• Serricchio v. WACHOVIA SECURITIES LLC
  Second Circuit· 2011-09-13· cited 91×
• Photopaint Technologies, LLC v. Smartlens Corporation and Steven Hylen
  Second Circuit· 2003-07-14· cited 91×
• In Re Take-Two Interactive Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2008-04-16· cited 91×
• Central Valley General Hospital v. Smith
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-04-28· cited 90×
• In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2002-12-27· cited 86×
• In Re AOL Time Warner, Inc. Securities & \Erisa\ Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2004-05-05· cited 83×
• In Re PXRE Group, Ltd., Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2009-03-04· cited 82×
• Peter Hall and Big Bad Productions, Inc. v. Earthlink Network, Inc., Docket No. 04-0384-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2005-01-25· cited 71×
• Coulter v. Morgan Stanley & Co.
  Second Circuit· 2014-05-29· cited 71×
• Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York v. Phase Construction Services, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2016-11-30· cited 67×

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Carol A. Gallo v. Prudential Residential Services, Limited Partnership, Doing Business as Prudential Relocation Management
  Second Circuit· 1994-04-27· cited 2,455×
• Shelley Weinstock v. Columbia University
  Second Circuit· 2000-08-23· cited 1,405×
• Ruffolo v. Oppenheimer & Co.
  Second Circuit· 1993-03-04· cited 484×
• Franconia Associates v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-10· cited 273×
• In Re: Crysen/montenay Energy Co., Debtor. Crysen/montenay Energy Co., Debtor-Appellant v. Shell Oil Co. And Scallop Petroleum Co.
  Second Circuit· 2000-08-29· cited 259×
• BDO Seidman v. Hirshberg
  New York Court of Appeals· 1999-05-13· cited 239×
• Louis S. Caiola v. Citibank, N.A., New York
  Second Circuit· 2002-06-27· cited 195×
• Carmella M. Pinto v. Allstate Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 2000-07-26· cited 190×
• Health-Chem Corp. v. Baker
  Second Circuit· 1990-09-28· cited 144×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2001-02-01· cited 119×
• Simon v. Electrospace Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1971-02-17· cited 118×
• Norcon Power Partners, L.P. v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1998-12-01· cited 103×
• Wolff & Munier, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1991-10-15· cited 94×
• Rachmani Corp. v. 9 East 96th Street Apartment Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-05-16· cited 88×
• Primavera Familienstifung v. Askin
  S.D. New York· 2001-03-01· cited 76×
• Indu Craft, Inc. v. Bank of Baroda
  Second Circuit· 1995-02-03· cited 75×