Rashidi v. Albright

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that filing motion for summary judgment constitutes defense against lawsuit for purposes of Rule 55
• holding that because the underlying claim failed the conspiracy claim must also be dismissed
• finding a motion for summary judgment sufficient to satisfy the “otherwise defend” requirement under Rule 55(a) since it demonstrated “a concerted effort and an undeniable desire to contest the action”
• “Although Rule 12 does not specifically allow for a summary judgment motion to toll the running of the period within which a responsive pleading must be filed, by analogy the language would seem to apply ....”
• “[A] summary judgment motion [that] speaks to the merits of the case and demonstrates a concerted effort and an undeniable desire to contest the action is sufficient to fall within the ambit of ‘otherwise defend’ for purposes of Fed.R.Civ.P. 55.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• DeVaney v. Thriftway Marketing Corp.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1997-12-22· cited 89×
• Havre Daily News, LLC v. City of Havre
  Montana Supreme Court· 2006-08-30· cited 75×
• Menzies v. State
  Utah Supreme Court· 2014-09-23· cited 55×
• United States v. Boyce
  S.D. California· 2001-04-27· cited 39×
• State Ex Rel. Pritt v. Vickers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-10-10· cited 19×
• M & a Construction Corp. v. Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1997-04-10· cited 14×
• First Southwestern Financial Services v. Laird
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1994-09-30· cited 13×
• Delphi-Delco Electronics Systems v. M/V NEDLLOYD EUROPA
  S.D. New York· 2004-05-05· cited 13×
• Cannon v. Washington
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-03-26· cited 4×
• In Re Kjk Const. Co., Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-09-10· cited 3×
• Waltner v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2013-01-29· cited 3×
• Grochocinski v. Rieger ex rel. Galena Family Trust (In re KJK Construction Co.)
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-09-10· cited 3×
• Supplies & Services, Inc. v. NACCO Industries, Inc. (In re Supplies & Services, Inc.)
  First Circuit· 2011-11-23· cited 1×

Cites

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

• 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×
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 5,431×
• Semegen v. Weidner
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-09-24· cited 476×
• Sheldon Appel Co. v. Albert & Oliker
  California Supreme Court· 1989-01-12· cited 472×
• Friedman v. Dozorc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1981-11-23· cited 243×
• John William See v. Christopher Durang and L.A. Stage Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-07-22· cited 164×
• Zweig v. Hearst Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-07-21· cited 149×
• Norton v. Hines
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-07-15· cited 88×
• Weaver v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-06-27· cited 66×
• Bull v. McCuskey
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-08-21· cited 56×
• Miller v. Schnitzer
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1962-05-29· cited 55×
• Laxalt v. McClatchy
  D. Nevada· 1985-11-18· cited 43×
• Catrone v. 105 Casino Corporation
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1966-05-13· cited 32×
• Williams v. Coombs
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-04-01· cited 32×
• Laurence Massa v. Jiffy Products Co., Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-02-26· cited 28×
• Myers v. Cohen
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1984-07-06· cited 24×
• Wickstrom v. Ebert
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1984-02-08· cited 22×
• de Antonio v. Solomon
  D. Massachusetts· 1967-06-30· cited 20×