Leon v. Murphy

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a complaint that contains only conclusory, vague or general allegations cannot withstand a motion to dismiss
• stating that summary judgment is only appropriate where, “after drawing all reasonable inferences in favor of the party against whom summary judgment is sought, no reasonable trier of fact could find in favor of the non-moving party.”
• stating that summary judgment is only appropriate where, “after drawing all reasonable inferences in favor of the party against whom summary judgment is sought, no reasonable trier of fact could find in favor of the non-moving party”
• stating that summary judgment is only appropriate where, “after drawing all reasonable inferences in favor of the party against whom summary judgment is sought, no reasonable trier of fact could find in favor of the non-moving party”
• affirming dismissal of § 1983 claim as time-barred because it accrued on the date notice was mailed
• “A [§ 1983] complaint containing only conclusory, vague, or general allegations of conspiracy to deprive a person of constitutional rights cannot withstand a motion to dismiss.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

79 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Riverwoods Chappaqua Corp. And Harvey Shapiro v. Marine Midland Bank, N.A.
  Second Circuit· 1994-07-20· cited 198×
• Leon v. Murphy
  Second Circuit· 1993-03-05· cited 191×
• Frank D. Jones v. New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs and New York State Army National Guard
  Second Circuit· 1999-01-07· cited 185×
• Aziz Zarif Shabazz v. Pico
  S.D. New York· 1998-02-11· cited 148×
• Angel Santos v. John M. Murdock, Luisa St. Pierre, Linworth Jones, John Koch, Andrew Jaffe, and John Doe
  Second Circuit· 2001-03-23· cited 134×
• Andre Lopez Polanco v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
  Second Circuit· 1998-10-15· cited 111×
• Hudson Hotels Corporation v. Choice Hotels International, and Robert Hazard
  Second Circuit· 1993-06-11· cited 70×
• Storck v. Suffolk County Department of Social Services
  E.D. New York· 1999-08-11· cited 65×
• M.D., Mr. & Mrs. D v. Southington Board of Education
  Second Circuit· 2003-06-30· cited 55×
• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. New York City Human Resources Administration
  S.D. New York· 1993-10-06· cited 53×
• Manuel O. Adames v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1999-03-02· cited 48×
• Johnson v. Nyack Hospital
  S.D. New York· 1995-06-27· cited 38×
• Byrd v. Abate
  S.D. New York· 1997-05-21· cited 33×
• Turner v. Boyle
  D. Connecticut· 2015-07-15· cited 33×
• Carris v. First Student, Inc.
  N.D. New York· 2015-09-18· cited 33×
• Barnes v. Harling
  W.D. New York· 2019-03-18· cited 28×
• United States v. Private Sanitation Industry Association of Nassau/suffolk, Inc., Salvatore Avellino, Jr.
  Second Circuit· 1993-06-10· cited 27×
• Petrosky v. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
  N.D. New York· 1999-11-15· cited 24×
• Billinger v. Bell Atlantic
  S.D. New York· 2003-01-09· cited 22×
• Bronx Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2002-06-17· cited 22×