Levinsky v. Diamond

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an initial pleading need only to provide “fair notice of the claim and the grounds upon which it rests” and “does not require a specific and detailed statement of facts constituting the cause of action”
• “The court’s attention . . . is to be directed toward determining whether the bare allegations of the complaint constitute a statement of a 1 claim under V.R.C.P. 8(a).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Colby v. Umbrella, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-04-25· cited 247×
• Bock v. Gold
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-06-10· cited 160×
• Parker v. Town of Milton
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-12-18· cited 130×
• Powers v. Office of Child Support
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-04-05· cited 103×
• Ass'n of Haystack Property Owners, Inc. v. Sprague
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-03-22· cited 75×
• Amiot v. Ames
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-02-28· cited 74×
• Gilman v. Maine Mutual Fire Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-06-03· cited 56×
• Lemnah v. American Breeders Service, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1984-06-29· cited 38×
• ZUKATIS BY ZUKATIS v. Perry
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-07-12· cited 34×
• Jacobsen v. Garzo
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-01-15· cited 32×
• Murray v. City of Burlington
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2012-02-07· cited 31×
• Haverly v. Kaytec, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-06-18· cited 26×
• Cook v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-03-13· cited 24×
• Czechorowski v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-03-22· cited 23×
• Daniels v. Vermont Center for Crime Victims Services
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-12-17· cited 14×
• Endres v. Endres
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-10-25· cited 14×
• Alger v. Dept. of Labor & Industry
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2006-11-09· cited 13×
• Blum v. Friedman
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-09-12· cited 7×
• Condosta v. Grussing
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1984-06-08· cited 5×
• Mintz v. Matalon
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-10-02· cited 5×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• My Sister's Place v. City of Burlington
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1981-06-02· cited 73×
• Lomberg v. Crowley
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-06-03· cited 38×
• Niece v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  N.D. Oklahoma· 1968-11-14· cited 22×
• Bressler v. Keller
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1981-04-07· cited 22×
• Polidor v. Mahady
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1972-02-01· cited 15×
• Roberts v. Danforth
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1917-11-11· cited 4×
• Fay v. Van Ells
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-11-01· cited 3×