Goulmamine v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that employee statements like “CVS will not fill Dr. Goulmamine's prescriptions” were not actionable because they were truthful and non-defamatory
• holding that a court may reach the merits of an affirmative defense at the motion to dismiss stage when \all facts necessary to the affirmative defense clearly appear on the face of the complaint\
• addressing defamation claim by a doctor against a pharmacy after the pharmacy declined to continue filling prescriptions for the doctor because it determined that the doctor overprescribed pain medication

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Svetlana Lokhova v. Stefan Halper
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-04-15· cited 160×
• Edwards v. Schwartz
  W.D. Virginia· 2019-03-19· cited 34×
• Northstar Aviation, LLC v. Alberto
  E.D. Virginia· 2018-07-31· cited 18×
• Steele v. Goodman
  E.D. Virginia· 2019-03-31· cited 11×
• Davis v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.
  E.D. Virginia· 2016-04-13· cited 3×

Cites

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

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Jones v. Bock
  Supreme Court· 2007-01-22· cited 10,443×
• Edwards v. City of Goldsboro
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-05-14· cited 2,842×
• Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs. Com, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-12-29· cited 1,712×
• Goodman v. Praxair, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-07-25· cited 1,009×
• McCleary-Evans v. Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-03-13· cited 683×
• Bosiger v. US Airways, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-12-14· cited 471×
• Ida Maxwell Wells v. G. Gordon Liddy, Phillip MacKin Bailley, Movant
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-07-28· cited 269×
• Gazette, Inc. v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-02-01· cited 242×
• Carwile v. Richmond Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-06-21· cited 198×
• Fleming v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-03-06· cited 110×
• Great Coastal Express, Inc. v. Ellington
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-09-06· cited 106×
• Steven J. Hatfill v. The New York Times Company, and Nicholas Kristof
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-07-28· cited 103×
• Glass v. Glass
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-09-07· cited 96×
• Dwyer v. Smith
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-02-03· cited 96×
• Potomac Valve & Fitting Inc. Raymond C. McGarvey v. Crawford Fitting Company Dibert Valve & Fitting Company, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-09-24· cited 80×
• Snyder v. Phelps
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-09-24· cited 77×
• W. T. Grant Co. v. Owens
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1928-03-02· cited 66×
• Federal Land Bank v. Birchfield
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-06-12· cited 62×