Howe v. Hull

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an individual does not operate a public accommodation when she is only enforcing institutional policy
• finding that ‘operate’ implies the performance of a function in conjunction with a degree of sanctioned authority
• reasoning that the “Defendant cannot receive federal funds on the one hand, and on the other deny he is covered by the [Rehabilitation Act] simply because he received no federal funds for his involvement with [the plaintiff]”
• denying individual’s motion for summary judgment because there was a dispute as to whether hospital’s Vice Chief of Staff was an “operator” of defendant hospital
• finding potential liability under the Rehabilitation Act based upon a doctor’s failure to admit an AIDS patient
• refusing to conclude as a matter of law that a physician’s refusal to treat a seriously ill patient for any discriminatory reason is not extreme and outrageous conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Guckenberger v. Boston University
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-01-28· cited 112×
• Doe v. Division of Youth and Family Services
  D. New Jersey· 2001-06-25· cited 95×
• Lesley v. Hee Man Chie
  First Circuit· 2001-05-22· cited 68×
• Coddington v. Adelphi University
  E.D. New York· 1999-03-29· cited 31×
• Sharrow v. Bailey
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-11-17· cited 22×
• Estate of Alcalde v. Deaton Specialty Hospital Home, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2001-03-05· cited 11×
• Houck v. City of Prairie Village, Kan.
  D. Kansas· 1996-01-16· cited 2×
• Kuketz v. Petronelli
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-01-28· cited 1×

Cites

27 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×
• United States v. Diebold, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-14· cited 7,008×
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-09· cited 3,104×
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-08· cited 1,717×
• Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-26· cited 1,134×
• Yeager v. Local Union 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-08-31· cited 822×
• Phyllis Miller v. Maxwell's International Inc., Dba Maxwell's Plum, Debtor in Possession Carlo Galazzo, Gen. Mgt., Dino La Rosa Don Bohn Don Schupak
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-04-19· cited 636×
• Paugh v. Hanks
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-07-27· cited 441×
• Thompson v. McNeill
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-08-15· cited 314×
• United States Department of Transportation v. Paralyzed Veterans of America
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-27· cited 224×
• Elease Thornton v. Southwest Detroit Hospital
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-02-09· cited 198×
• William B. Lashlee, Jr. v. Morris E. Sumner
  Sixth Circuit· 1978-02-08· cited 138×
• Schultz v. Barberton Glass Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-04-13· cited 138×
• Cleland v. Bronson Health Care Group, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-10-24· cited 128×
• Baber v. Hospital Corp. of America
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-10-07· cited 94×
• Reamsnyder v. Jaskolski
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1984-04-25· cited 85×
• Vakharia v. Swedish Covenant Hospital
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-06-10· cited 51×
• Delaney v. Cade
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-02-18· cited 49×