Matta v. May

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that language in an order in a related case, stating that a “suit was frivolous and filed merely to vex, [a party and her attorneys],” was insufficient “to meet the requirement for a bad faith finding”
• reversing district court’s order imposing sanctions because plaintiff’s libel claims were well grounded in fact and law

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Cited by

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

• Lyn-Lea Travel Corp. v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-02-13· cited 227×
• Procter & Gamble Co v. Amway Corporation, e
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-17· cited 102×
• Shanks v. Alliedsignal, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-03-30· cited 87×
• Texas Capital Bank N.A. v. Dallas Roadster, Ltd. (In Re Dallas Roadster, Ltd.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-01-17· cited 80×
• In Re ProEducation Intern., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-10-30· cited 64×
• Orchestratehr, Inc. v. Trombetta
  N.D. Texas· 2016-04-18· cited 63×
• Mercury Air Group, Inc. v. Mansour
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-01-11· cited 57×
• Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-04-09· cited 39×
• Barnes v. Levitt
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-07-31· cited 35×
• Ratliff v. Stewart
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-11-13· cited 31×
• Maguire Oil Company v. The City of Houston
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-06-18· cited 24×
• Mruz v. Caring, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1999-03-23· cited 23×
• In Re Parsley
  S.D. Texas· 2008-03-05· cited 22×
• Eber v. Harris County Hospital District
  S.D. Texas· 2001-02-01· cited 12×
• CEATS, Inc. v. TicketNetwork, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-06-19· cited 11×
• Balcar v. BELL AND ASSOCIATES, LLC
  N.D. West Virginia· 2003-04-04· cited 9×
• Whitehead v. Food Max of Mississippi, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-11· cited 9×
• Prince v. Colvin
  N.D. Texas· 2015-02-25· cited 4×
• Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-11-27· cited 3×
• In Re Nicola
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2001-01-26· cited 2×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 6,250×
• Leyendecker & Associates, Inc. v. Wechter
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-12-05· cited 363×
• Reagan v. Guardian Life Insurance
  Texas Supreme Court· 1942-12-09· cited 214×
• Chaves v. M/V Medina Star
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-10· cited 117×
• Michael K. Topalian, Roy Jacobs, Jr., Richard H. Manuel, and Bobby W. McDonald and Armando Lopez v. John N. Ehrman, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-11-09· cited 107×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Calhoun
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-10-14· cited 94×
• Boyce W. Childs v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Bruce C. Waltzer, Movant-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-08-26· cited 91×
• Dawson v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-10-31· cited 81×
• Travelers Insurance v. St. Jude Hospital of Kenner, La., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-11-21· cited 75×
• Russell v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-08-07· cited 66×
• Floyd E. McDowell v. The State of Texas, Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-08-29· cited 61×
• Jim Clark v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-12-13· cited 25×
• Astro Resources Corp. v. Ionics, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1983-12-02· cited 5×
• ACLI Government Securities, Inc. v. Rhoades
  S.D. New York· 1995-09-07· cited 5×

Other cases named Matta v. May

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Matta v. May
  S.D. Texas· 1995-03-31· cited 3×