Roy E. Bowden v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the plaintiff “bears the burden of pleading and proving facts supporting equitable avoidance of the defense”
• holding that the INS waived its defense of untimely exhaustion because it responded to the merits of the complaint without questioning its timeliness during the administrative process
• holding that the Restatement (Second) of Contracts is the source “from which [the court] would be inclined to fashion a federal common law rule since those principles represent the ‘prevailing view’ among the states”
• observing that “courts have excused parties, particularly those acting pro se, who make diligent but technically defective efforts to act within a limitations period”
• noting that courts have excused pro se parties “who make diligent but technically defective efforts to act within a limitations period.”
• stating that the defendant met his initial burden because “the pleadings and undisputed documents in the record” demonstrated that the plaintiff had not timely exhausted his remedies

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Stan Laber v. Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-02-16· cited 1,410×
• Smith-Haynie, J. C. v. Davis, Addison
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-09-22· cited 417×
• Frederick T. Ray v. C.O. Kertes C.O. Stolz C.O. Reed C.O. Rogers Lt. Nash Lt. Hicks Lt. A. Smith Capt. Almanshifer R. Norris Tim Launtz, Frederick Ray
  Third Circuit· 2002-04-03· cited 411×
• Stewart, Howard P. v. Ashcroft, John
  D.C. Circuit· 2003-12-23· cited 315×
• Hardaway v. Hartford Public Works Department
  Second Circuit· 2018-01-12· cited 258×
• Greer v. Paulson
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-11-02· cited 222×
• Payne v. Salazar
  D.C. Circuit· 2010-09-07· cited 220×
• Bernard P. Ciaramella v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1997-12-15· cited 164×
• Rattigan v. Gonzales
  District of Columbia· 2009-04-25· cited 164×
• Payan v. Aramark Management Services Ltd. Partnership
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-08-02· cited 150×
• John L. Horton v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-04-13· cited 135×
• Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-12-01· cited 132×
• United States Ex Rel. Ubl v. IIF Data Solutions
  Fourth Circuit· 2011-04-19· cited 130×
• Peters v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2012-04-16· cited 127×
• Colbert, Venita v. Potter, John E.
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-12-15· cited 126×
• Edna Doak v. Jeh Johnson
  D.C. Circuit· 2015-08-18· cited 125×
• Franklin v. Potter
  District of Columbia· 2009-03-04· cited 123×
• Williams v. Runyon
  Third Circuit· 1997-11-28· cited 114×
• Kraus v. Presidio Trust Facilities Division/Residential Management Branch
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-07-23· cited 99×
• Cruz-Packer v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2008-03-20· cited 99×

Cites

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

• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-22· cited 3,247×
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-24· cited 2,939×
• Brown v. General Services Administration
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 1,934×
• United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-02· cited 1,102×
• Gaf Corporation v. United States of America. Keene Corporation v. United States of America. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-05-05· cited 317×
• James E. Brown v. John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army
  D.C. Circuit· 1985-11-15· cited 288×
• Boyd v. United States Postal Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-01-22· cited 206×
• Leonard Jarrell v. United States Postal Service
  D.C. Circuit· 1985-01-15· cited 184×
• Michael D. Bayer v. United States Department of the Treasury
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-02-21· cited 184×
• Louis E. FULGENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-12-07· cited 133×
• Herbert K. Wilson v. Federico F. Pena, Secretary, Department of Transportation
  D.C. Circuit· 1996-03-22· cited 133×
• Juan Roberto OAXACA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Egger L. ROSCOE, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-04-03· cited 130×
• Irving Saltz v. John F. Lehman, Secretary of the Navy
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-03-09· cited 122×
• Samuel R. President v. Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary, United States Department of State
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-04-25· cited 99×
• Gray v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-09-30· cited 98×
• Barbara Loe v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  D.C. Circuit· 1985-07-26· cited 86×
• Jack C. Stoller v. John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-06-22· cited 64×
• Unnamed case
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-09-03· cited 49×
• Frances Snider, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Circle K Corporation, a Texas Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-01-07· cited 47×
• James E. Brown v. Secretary of the Army. Wellington Mitchell v. Secretary of Commerce
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-11-09· cited 44×