Prate v. Freedman

How courts have described this case

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

• “In our legal system, an attorney is his client’s agent and representative; the client retains ultimate authority over the conduct of litigation.”
• reliance upon attorney’s judgment in bringing frivolous suit does not excuse plaintiff
• interpreting 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-22· cited 319×
• George BADILLO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-09-23· cited 138×
• Tang v. Rhode Island Department of Elderly Affairs
  First Circuit· 1998-12-11· cited 114×
• Alvin DURRETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JENKINS BRICKYARD, INC., Defendant-Appellant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-06-14· cited 93×
• James D. ARNOLD, Jr., Appellant, v. BURGER KING CORPORATION and Fickling Enterprises, Appellees
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-10-05· cited 84×
• New Jersey-Philadelphia Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church v. New Jersey State Board of Higher Education
  Third Circuit· 1981-04-14· cited 84×
• Paul E. Montplaisir v. Richard J. Leighton
  First Circuit· 1989-05-11· cited 76×
• Colucci v. New York Times Co.
  S.D. New York· 1982-03-10· cited 67×
• Commissioners Court of Medina County, Texas v. United States of America Antonio Garcia, III
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-07-02· cited 63×
• A. Patrick Tonti v. James C. Petropoulous and Richard B. Metcalf
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-07-27· cited 51×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1980-07-31· cited 46×
• Eastway Construction Corp. v. The City Of New York
  Second Circuit· 1985-05-21· cited 44×
• Turrisi v. Sanzaro
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-02-04· cited 42×
• In Re Cuisine Magazine, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1986-05-28· cited 37×
• Kane v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1979-03-19· cited 33×
• Baker v. City of Detroit
  E.D. Michigan· 1980-11-17· cited 33×
• Ohland v. City of Montpelier
  D. Vermont· 1979-02-26· cited 29×
• American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio (Afscme) v. Nassau County
  Second Circuit· 1996-09-26· cited 27×
• Schutts v. Bently Nevada Corp.
  D. Nevada· 1997-06-05· cited 26×
• Amco Builders & Developers, Inc v. Team Ace Joint Venture
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-07-17· cited 25×

Other cases named Prate v. Freedman

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Prate v. Freedman
  W.D. New York· 1977-05-03· cited 23×
• Prate v. Freedman
  Second Circuit· 1977-10-20· cited 9×
• Prate v. Freedman
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-22