Link Aviation, Inc. v. Downs

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting reading of Rule 17(a) that is “highly technical without meaningful purpose”
• adopting Tenth Circuit’s approach to substitution under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• rejecting argument that suit improperly brought in name of insured, rather than real party in interest — the insurance company — was a legal nullity and allowing substitution as well as relation back to avoid running of statute of limitations
• “Any other rule would be highly technical without meaningful purpose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cortlandt Street Recovery Corp. v. Hellas Telecommunications
  Second Circuit· 2015-06-24· cited 567×
• Esposito v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 2004-05-26· cited 96×
• Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC v. Bank of America Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2021-03-17· cited 89×
• Rideau Ex Rel. T.R. v. Keller Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-04-05· cited 40×
• Lans v. GATEWAY 2000, INC.
  District of Columbia· 1999-11-23· cited 28×
• General Dynamics Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2000-09-15· cited 26×
• Yueh-Lan Wang Ex Rel. Wen-Young Wong v. New Mighty U.S. Trust
  District of Columbia· 2017-08-15· cited 15×
• VALLEY POWER COMPANY v. Toiyabe Supply Co.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1964-11-04· cited 11×
• Varnum Properties, LLC v. DC Department of Consumer and Reglatory Affairs
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2019-03-14· cited 2×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Supreme Court· 1950-01-16· cited 571×
• American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. All American Bus Lines, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1951-07-13· cited 85×
• Gas Service Co. v. Hunt
  Tenth Circuit· 1950-09-05· cited 58×
• American Fidelity & Casualty Co., Inc. v. All American Bus Lines, Inc
  Tenth Circuit· 1950-01-24· cited 52×
• Link Aviation, Inc. v. Downs
  D.C. Circuit· 1963-09-26· cited 43×
• Copeland Motor Co. v. General Motors Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1952-11-04· cited 38×
• Kansas Electric Power Co. Of Leavenworth, Kan. v. Janis
  Tenth Circuit· 1952-02-27· cited 31×
• Wallis v. United States
  E.D. North Carolina· 1952-01-14· cited 16×
• Lynch v. American Motorists Ins. Co.
  N.D. Texas· 1951-12-06· cited 13×
• National Bank of Washington v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 1953-12-10· cited 7×
• The National Bank of Washington, of the Estate of Arthur J. May, Deceased v. District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 1955-08-19· cited 6×