McCloskey v. Mueller

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that under either rule applicable here that the court “accept[s] the plaintiffs’ well-pleaded facts as true and indulging all reasonable inferences in their behoof”
• setting forth circumstances in which Massachusetts law recognizes the existence of a special relationship between a defendant and another person sufficient to give rise to a duty of the defendant to the plaintiff
• affirming the dismissal of FTCA claims against defendants that were not the United States
• recognizing the FTCA operates as consent to suit
• determining FBI employee’s duty to plaintiff by applying Massachusetts tort law
• “[A] defendant’s duty is more limited when negligence consists of an omission rather than an act of commission.”

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Cited by

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

• Nisselson v. Lernout
  First Circuit· 2006-11-08· cited 226×
• Giragosian v. Ryan
  First Circuit· 2008-11-10· cited 215×
• Merlonghi v. United States
  First Circuit· 2010-09-14· cited 181×
• Universal Communication Systems, Inc. v. Lycos, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2007-02-23· cited 146×
• Fothergill v. United States
  First Circuit· 2009-05-21· cited 145×
• Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party v. Dalmau
  First Circuit· 2008-10-06· cited 132×
• United States v. Gary Lee Sampson
  First Circuit· 2007-05-07· cited 129×
• Harrington v. American Airlines
  First Circuit· 2007-02-07· cited 113×
• Coggeshall v. Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists
  First Circuit· 2010-05-17· cited 104×
• Román-Oliveras v. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
  First Circuit· 2011-08-18· cited 102×
• Cook v. Gates
  First Circuit· 2008-06-09· cited 86×
• Rocket Learning, Inc. v. Rivera-Sanchez
  First Circuit· 2013-04-18· cited 81×
• Gonzalez Figueroa v. JC PENNEY PUERTO RICO
  First Circuit· 2009-06-11· cited 80×
• Davison v. Government of Puerto Rico-Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps
  First Circuit· 2006-12-12· cited 74×
• Brait Builders Corp. v. Massachusetts, Division of Capital Asset Management
  First Circuit· 2011-05-02· cited 69×
• United States Ex Rel. Winkelman v. CVS Caremark Corp.
  First Circuit· 2016-06-30· cited 69×
• Irizarry-Mora v. University of Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 2011-07-21· cited 60×
• Martinez-Rivera v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 2016-01-29· cited 60×
• Estate of Barrett Ex Rel. Estate of Barrett v. United States
  First Circuit· 2006-09-07· cited 59×
• Mulero-Carrillo v. Roman-Hernandez
  First Circuit· 2015-06-17· cited 59×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Ilario M.A. Zannino
  First Circuit· 1990-01-10· cited 2,914×
• District of Columbia v. Carter
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-26· cited 731×
• Rodi v. Southern New England School of Law
  First Circuit· 2004-11-10· cited 456×
• Wilfredo Martinez, A/K/A Wilfredo Martinez Rodriguez v. Rafael Colon, A/K/A Rafael Colon Pizarro
  First Circuit· 1995-06-20· cited 452×
• Sheridan v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-24· cited 442×
• Hampton v. Hanrahan
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-04-23· cited 368×
• Biw Deceived v. Local S6, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Iamaw District Lodge 4
  First Circuit· 1997-12-30· cited 235×
• Educadores Puertorriqueños en Acción v. Hernández
  First Circuit· 2004-05-10· cited 230×
• Ruiz Rivera v. Dept. of Education
  First Circuit· 2000-04-12· cited 215×
• United States v. Richard A. Horn
  First Circuit· 1994-07-25· cited 206×
• Bruno & Stillman, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.
  First Circuit· 1980-10-17· cited 197×
• Nestor Colon Medina & Sucesores, Inc. v. Patria G. Custodio
  First Circuit· 1992-05-07· cited 187×
• Redondo-Borges v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
  First Circuit· 2005-08-26· cited 170×
• Marquay v. Eno
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1995-07-11· cited 151×
• Buchler v. Oregon Corrections Div.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1993-06-04· cited 120×
• Shansky v. United States
  First Circuit· 1999-01-08· cited 116×
• Rogan v. City of Boston
  First Circuit· 2001-10-05· cited 102×
• Muirhead v. Mecham
  First Circuit· 2005-10-20· cited 102×
• Jean W. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-08· cited 102×
• Rakes v. United States
  D. Massachusetts· 2005-01-03· cited 91×

Other cases named McCloskey v. Mueller

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• McCloskey v. Mueller
  D. Massachusetts· 2005-09-06· cited 4×
• McCloskey v. Mueller
  First Circuit· 2006-05-31