Luise Light v. Isabel Wolf

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he party on whose behalf service is made has the burden of establishing its validity when challenged.”
• allegations in complaint essentially portray dispute against official-capacity defendant
• quoring wright & Miner § 1'083

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cuthbert O. Simpkins v. District of Columbia Government
  D.C. Circuit· 1997-03-14· cited 407×
• Speelman v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2006-11-15· cited 187×
• John Mann v. David Castiel
  D.C. Circuit· 2012-06-01· cited 143×
• McManus v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2007-12-31· cited 130×
• Williams v. GEICO CORP.
  District of Columbia· 2011-06-20· cited 119×
• Lindsey v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2006-08-22· cited 100×
• Cruz-Packer v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2008-03-20· cited 99×
• Hilska v. Jones
  District of Columbia· 2003-07-11· cited 95×
• Busby v. Capital One, N.A.
  District of Columbia· 2013-03-25· cited 88×
• Candido v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2007-06-22· cited 67×
• Joseph T. Prisco v. Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General U.S. Postal Service
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-04-19· cited 56×
• Navab-Safavi v. Broadcasting Board of Governors
  District of Columbia· 2009-09-03· cited 48×
• Wilson v. Prudential Financial
  District of Columbia· 2004-08-13· cited 39×
• Thomas M. Armstrong v. Robert Sears, Ulises Delgado, John Rice, and Frederick Marano
  Second Circuit· 1994-08-26· cited 38×
• Roland v. Branch Banking & Trust Corporation
  District of Columbia· 2015-12-14· cited 36×
• Paul Morrissey v. Alejandro Mayorkas
  D.C. Circuit· 2021-11-09· cited 35×
• Pollack v. Meese
  District of Columbia· 1990-03-28· cited 32×
• Jouanny v. Embassy of France in the United States
  District of Columbia· 2016-12-07· cited 28×
• Klayman v. Obama
  District of Columbia· 2015-08-21· cited 26×
• Smith v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2006-11-07· cited 25×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Robert Norlock v. City of Garland
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-08-15· cited 97×
• Micklus, Gregory Bernard v. Carlson, Norman, Director, U. S. Bureau of Prisons Fenton, Charles, Warden, U.S.P. Lewisburg, Pa
  Third Circuit· 1980-09-03· cited 71×
• Relf v. Gasch
  D.C. Circuit· 1975-04-03· cited 61×
• Jesus Saez Rivera v. Nissan Manufacturing Co.
  First Circuit· 1986-04-23· cited 42×
• In the Matter of Surety Association of America, Glendale Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Republic Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 1967-12-08· cited 37×
• Gloria P. Sanchez-Mariani v. Herbert E. Ellingwood
  First Circuit· 1982-09-20· cited 30×
• Lawrence v. Acree
  District of Columbia· 1978-08-23· cited 25×
• Lamb v. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
  S.D. Florida· 1985-01-07· cited 13×