Oliveri v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that imposition of sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and district court’s inherent power requires showing of bad faith
• holding that sanctions are appropriate under § 1927 only if “the attorney’s actions are so completely without merit as to require the conclusion that they must have been undertaken for some improper purpose”
• holding that “there is no necessary subjective component to a proper rule 11 analysis. Removing any subjective good faith component from rule 11 analysis should reduce the need for satellite litigation. ...”
• noting that the bad faith analysis under court’s inherent power to sanction requires clear and specific findings of bad faith
• noting that at the time of filing suits in police misconduct cases, plaintiff is not “likely to know much about the relevant internal operations of the police department”
• noting that at the time of filing suits in police misconduct cases, plaintiff is not “likely to know much about the relevant internal operations of the police department”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Antonio Mareno, Jr. v. Thomas Rowe and Jet Aviation of America, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1990-08-06· cited 176×
• Howard v. Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler
  S.D. New York· 1997-09-11· cited 146×
• Amlong & Amlong, PA v. Denny's, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-09-17· cited 141×
• Enmon v. Prospect Capital Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2012-04-06· cited 130×
• Dodd Insurance Services, Inc. And Tom Dodd, Jr. v. Royal Insurance Company of America, an Illinois Corporation F/k/a Royal-Globe Insurance Companies
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-06-11· cited 122×
• Diana Mickle, John R. Williams v. Sean Morin and Ronald Smith
  Second Circuit· 2002-07-18· cited 119×
• Cross & Cross Properties, Ltd., Cross-Appellant v. Everett Allied Company, Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1989-09-21· cited 116×
• George v. Professional Disposables International, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2016-11-16· cited 114×
• Perez v. Posse Comitatus
  Second Circuit· 2004-06-28· cited 114×
• Tom U.U. Okure v. Javan Owens and Daniel G. Lessard
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-06· cited 82×
• Amlong & Amlong, P.A. v. Denny's, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-07-31· cited 81×
• Bank of Hawaii v. Kunimoto
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1999-08-30· cited 65×
• Metropolitan Opera Ass'n v. Local 100, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union
  S.D. New York· 2003-01-28· cited 62×
• Thomas v. New York City
  E.D. New York· 1993-02-05· cited 60×
• Young v. Suffolk County
  E.D. New York· 2010-04-09· cited 54×
• Sussman v. Bank of Israel
  Second Circuit· 1995-06-02· cited 51×
• Commodities & Minerals Enterprise Ltd. v. CVG Ferrominera Orinoco, C.A.
  Second Circuit· 2022-10-03· cited 51×
• Int'l Techs. Mktg., Inc. v. Verint Sys., Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2021-03-16· cited 50×
• United States Fire Insurance v. United Limousine Service, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2004-02-06· cited 49×
• Ho Myung Moolsan Co. v. Manitou Mineral Water, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2009-09-29· cited 49×

Cites

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

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• Kentucky v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 11,385×
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,797×
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-12· cited 4,586×
• Hughes v. Rowe
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-10· cited 3,527×
• Griffin v. Breckenridge
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 3,211×
• Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  Supreme Court· 1978-01-23· cited 3,039×
• Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-23· cited 2,455×
• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 1,644×
• Brandon v. Holt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 1,538×
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 1,347×
• Hall v. Cole
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-21· cited 1,138×
• F. D. Rich Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Industrial Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 1,056×
• Susan Mary Kamen v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Patricia McDonald and Carol Buckham
  Second Circuit· 1986-05-23· cited 524×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,755, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,074 William B. Weinberger v. James C. Kendrick, Charles M. Coyne
  Second Circuit· 1983-01-26· cited 443×
• Oliveri v. Thompson
  Second Circuit· 1986-10-15· cited 433×
• Browning Debenture Holders' Committee v. Dasa Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1977-08-11· cited 311×
• Milo John Munson v. Wendell R. Friske, John Rybak, Jr., Kenneth Todd, and Ashland County
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-01-29· cited 310×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1986-01-21· cited 235×