Klein v. Torrey Point Group, LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that even an “unavailing” reason is substantially justified in the Rule 37 context as long as it is not “unreasonable, frivolous or [based in a] completely unsupportable reading of the law”
• finding that a “responding party’s refusal to produce documents on the basis that they are irrelevant can provide substantial justification unless such a position ‘involves an unreasonable, frivolous or completely unsupportable reading of the law’”
• denying motion for fees and costs under Rule 37 where there was substantial justification for refusing discovery, even where the party’s arguments for refusing discovery were unavailing
• refusing to award attorneys’ fees under Rule 37(a) when defendant initially withheld records on relevance grounds because although “[d]efendant’s relevancy argument . . . proved unavailing, it was not without substance”
• noting the “the critical difference between employees contesting the adequacy of past overtime payments actually distributed pursuant to the FWW method[] and employees contesting their past classification as exempt from overtime payments at all”
• noting, in summary judgment context, that a manager’s specific job duties – including his ability to set his own schedule and supervise other employees – are material “factors” to determining whether he may be administrative exempt from the FLSA overtime requirement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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8 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  S.D. New York· 2014-03-18· cited 41×
• Callari ex rel. Blackman Plumbing Supply, Inc. v. Blackman Plumbing Supply, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2013-12-19· cited 30×
• D'Amato v. Five Star Reporting, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2015-01-17· cited 20×
• Lankau v. Luxoft Holding, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2017-07-10· cited 12×
• Flores v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-05-31· cited 10×
• Ramos v. Telgian Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2016-03-31· cited 1×
• Best Work Holdings (N.Y.) LLC v. Jia Ivy Ma.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2025-10-14

Cites

51 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×
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
• Pierce v. Underwood
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 6,197×
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1944-12-04· cited 4,567×
• United States v. Mead Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-18· cited 3,086×
• Christensen v. Harris County
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-01· cited 2,025×
• Clark-Fitzpatrick, Inc. v. Long Island Rail Road
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-11-17· cited 1,648×
• Hicks v. Baines
  Second Circuit· 2010-02-02· cited 1,415×
• Wright v. Goord
  Second Circuit· 2009-02-03· cited 1,188×
• Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. Missel
  Supreme Court· 1942-06-08· cited 823×
• Jeffreys v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2005-10-17· cited 817×
• Fletcher v. Atex, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1995-10-05· cited 492×
• Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 479×
• Haywood Champion v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent Sgt. v. Guarracino
  Second Circuit· 1996-02-09· cited 274×
• Reich v. John Alden Life Insurance
  First Circuit· 1997-09-18· cited 240×
• Folio Impressions, Inc. v. Byer California MacY New York, Inc. Lida Manufacturing Co. And John Does--20
  Second Circuit· 1991-06-27· cited 157×
• Selevan v. New York Thruway Authority (NYTA)
  Second Circuit· 2013-03-27· cited 157×
• Elaine Valerio v. Putnam Associates Incorporated
  First Circuit· 1999-05-06· cited 136×