Peoples v. Fisher

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the defendants did not act willfully where settlement discussions were ongoing between the parties and where, upon entry of default, the defendants immediately moved to vacate the default
• finding that the defendants did not act willfully where settlement discussions were ongoing between the parties and where, upon entry of default, the defendants immediately moved to vacate the default
• “While courts are entitled to enforce compliance with the time limits of the Rules by various means, the extreme sanction of a default judgment must remain a weapon of last, rather than first, resort.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Westchester Fire Insurance v. Tyree Service Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2014-12-29· cited 6×
• Gillman v. Gillman
  Utah Supreme Court· 2021-07-22· cited 2×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Enron Oil Corp. v. Diakuhara
  Second Circuit· 1993-12-08· cited 928×
• John F. Meehan and Robert W. Fink A/K/A Meehan & Fink v. John Snow and Judy Snow
  Second Circuit· 1981-06-29· cited 473×
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. Robert J. McNulty George G. Handgis, Franklin D. Roberts, John M. Shanklin and W.N. Thompson, John M. Shanklin
  Second Circuit· 1998-03-03· cited 434×
• American Alliance Insurance Co., Ltd. v. Eagle Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 1996-08-07· cited 330×
• Pecarsky v. Galaxiworld.com Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 2001-05-10· cited 281×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1986-01-21· cited 235×
• Anilina Fabrique De Colorants, a Belgian Corporation,plaintiff-Appellee v. Aakash Chemicals and Dyestuffs, Inc., an Illinois Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-09-15· cited 67×
• Genova Dominguez, as Administratrix of the Estate of Francisco Dominguez, Deceased v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1978-09-11· cited 40×
• Wagstaff-El v. Carlton Press Co.
  Second Circuit· 1990-09-14· cited 39×
• Marziliano v. Heckler
  Second Circuit· 1984-02-17· cited 35×
• Pugh v. Goord
  Second Circuit· 2003-09-24· cited 7×
• Orafan v. Rashid
  Second Circuit· 2007-09-28· cited 6×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Dumont Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1969-11-13· cited 3×