McPherson v. Coombe

How courts have described this case

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

• finding reversible error in granting a motion for summary judgment against a pro se litigant where neither the moving party nor the district court notified the pro se litigant of the requirements of Rule 56
• a pro se party’s pleadings should be construed liberally and interpreted “to raise the strongest arguments that they suggest”
• a pro se party’s pleadings should be construed liberally and interpreted “to raise the strongest arguments that they suggest”
• a pro se party’s pleadings should be construed liberally and interpreted “to raise the strongest arguments that they suggest” (quoting Burgos v. Hopkins, 14 F.3d 787, 790 (2d Cir. 1994))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ben Gary Triestman v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States of America
  Second Circuit· 2006-12-05· cited 6,436×
• Wright v. Goord
  Second Circuit· 2009-02-03· cited 1,188×
• Weixel v. The Board Of Education Of The City Of New York
  Second Circuit· 2002-03-29· cited 380×
• Mcpherson v. Coombe
  Second Circuit· 1999-04-22· cited 339×
• Ghaly v. United States Department of Agriculture
  S.D. New York· 2002-01-25· cited 252×
• Dipilato v. 7-Eleven, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2009-08-25· cited 217×
• Johney Pham v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2003-01-15· cited 193×
• Jorgensen v. Epic Sony Records
  Second Circuit· 2003-12-03· cited 153×
• Jean-Laurent v. Wilkinson
  S.D. New York· 2008-03-24· cited 128×
• Abramson v. Pataki
  Second Circuit· 2002-01-23· cited 93×
• Romer v. Morgenthau
  S.D. New York· 2000-09-26· cited 92×
• Weinstein v. Albright
  Second Circuit· 2001-08-10· cited 89×
• Peter Bormuth v. County of Jackson
  Sixth Circuit· 2017-09-06· cited 84×
• Monterroso v. Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP
  S.D. New York· 2008-10-28· cited 71×
• Clarke v. Blais
  D. Maine· 2007-02-12· cited 63×
• Collins v. Goord
  S.D. New York· 2008-09-22· cited 53×
• Haas v. Commerce Bank
  S.D. New York· 2007-07-30· cited 42×
• Carolyn M. Kennedy v. Dresser Rand Co.
  Second Circuit· 1999-09-22· cited 39×
• Jalil Abdul Muntaqim, Also Known as Anthony Bottom v. Phillip Coombe, Anthony Annucci, and Louis F. Mann
  Second Circuit· 2004-04-23· cited 30×
• Manbeck v. Micka
  S.D. New York· 2009-07-30· cited 29×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Rhodes v. Chapman
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 6,761×
• Wilson v. Seiter
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 6,530×
• Whitley v. Albers
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-04· cited 6,155×
• Ingraham v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-19· cited 2,975×
• Burgos v. Hopkins
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-26· cited 696×
• Graham v. Henderson
  Second Circuit· 1996-07-11· cited 435×
• Michael & Kathleen M. Ruotolo v. Internal Revenue Service
  Second Circuit· 1994-06-24· cited 331×
• Coleman Vital v. Interfaith Medical Center and Local 1199
  Second Circuit· 1999-02-19· cited 315×
• Lowrance v. Achtyl
  Second Circuit· 1994-03-29· cited 241×
• Estella Timms v. Anthony M. Frank
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-01-28· cited 232×