McCullen v. Coakley

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that although leave should be freely given, it should not be 6 given when the amendment is futile
• “[A] plaintiff cannot rewardingly prosecute an as-applied challenge to the constitutionality of a statute based on the same legal arguments and factual predicate that underpinned an earlier (unsuccessful) facial challenge.”
• “As a general rule, [d]ismissal without leave to amend is improper 11 unless it is clear . . . that the complaint could not be saved by any amendment.” (quotation 12 omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McCullen v. Coakley
  Supreme Court· 2014-06-26· cited 261×
• Unnamed case
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2013-12-30
• Schillo v. Saul
  Second Circuit· 2022-04-06
• Clift v. City of Burlington
  D. Vermont· 2013-02-19

Cites

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

• United States v. O'Brien
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 3,604×
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 3,406×
• United States v. Ilario M.A. Zannino
  First Circuit· 1990-01-10· cited 2,914×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-30· cited 2,137×
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
  Supreme Court· 2010-01-21· cited 1,732×
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 1,551×
• Hill v. Colorado
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-28· cited 1,399×
• United States v. Stevens
  Supreme Court· 2010-04-20· cited 1,327×
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-29· cited 1,218×
• Snyder v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-02· cited 867×
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 780×
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-13· cited 627×
• Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 516×
• Christopher J. Farrell v. Corey Burke and Gregory Freeman, Docket No. 05-0169 Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-05-31· cited 503×
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-27· cited 396×
• Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western NY
  Supreme Court· 1997-02-19· cited 347×
• Grajales v. Puerto Rico Ports Authority
  First Circuit· 2012-06-13· cited 337×
• Richard H. Hatch, Jr. v. Department for Children, Youth and Their Families (State of Rhode Island), Steven Brown and Mary McKee Proposed
  First Circuit· 2001-12-17· cited 309×
• Marcavage v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2012-08-02· cited 173×
• NEPSK, Inc. v. Town of Houlton
  First Circuit· 2002-03-13· cited 136×