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· 11/3/1989

Helen Debreceni, Etc. v. Merchants Terminal Corporation and Terminal Refrigeration and Warehousing Corporation

Citations

  • 889 F.2d 1
  • 11 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1881
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 16510
  • 1989 WL 129962

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that, “if any equitable exception exists, it would be limited to certain very specific circumstances that are entirely absent here.”
  • explaining that plaintiff must first “‘identify and relate specific instances where persons situated similarly ‘in all relevant aspects’ were treated differently’” (quotation omitted)
  • to prove equal protection violation, plaintiff must identify “instances which have the capacity to demonstrate that [the plaintiff was] singled . . . out for unlawful oppression”
  • “The purpose of [Rule 8 41(a)(2)] is to permit a plaintiff to dismiss an action without prejudice so long as the 9 defendant will not be prejudiced or unfairly affected by the dismissal.”
  • failure to state a claim

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Judges: Campbell, Bownes, Garrity

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