Salahuddin v. Cuomo

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that court may dismiss a complaint when it does not comply with requirements of Rule 8
• concluding that 15-page single-spaced complaint naming “20-odd defendants” and “contain[ing] a surfeit of detail” failed to comply with Rule 8’s “short and plain statement” requirement
• holding that district courts generally should grant a self-represented plaintiff an opportunity to amend a complaint to cure its defects, unless amendment would be futile
• holding that district courts generally grant a pro se plaintiff an opportunity to amend a complaint to cure its defects
• suggesting that courts may simply strike redundant or immaterial matter, leaving the facially valid claims to be litigated
• suggesting that if future amended complaint failed to comply with Rule 8, court could simply strike redundant or scandalous matter, leaving the non-frivolous claims to be litigated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2002-02-21· cited 4,118×
• Kareem Garrett v. Wexford Health
  Third Circuit· 2019-09-10· cited 951×
• Simmons v. Abruzzo
  Second Circuit· 1995-02-24· cited 514×
• Kenneth Wynder v. James W. McMahon David Spahl, Robert Jones, Louis B. Barbaria, Craig Masterson, Individually, John Keats, Marine Midland Bank
  Second Circuit· 2004-03-01· cited 417×
• David R. Kittay, Trustee v. Daniel J. Kornstein and Kornstein Veisz & Wexler
  Second Circuit· 2000-10-20· cited 257×
• Cusamano v. Sobek
  N.D. New York· 2009-01-26· cited 141×
• In Re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-05-19· cited 111×
• In Re Parmalat Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2005-06-28· cited 107×
• Vega v. Artus
  N.D. New York· 2009-03-26· cited 85×
• In Re WorldCom, Inc. Erisa Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-06-17· cited 84×
• Temujin Kensu v. Corizon, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-07-20· cited 78×
• Bernstein v. New York
  S.D. New York· 2008-08-08· cited 60×
• Dwares v. The City Of New York
  Second Circuit· 1993-02-05· cited 55×
• Scheidelman v. Henderson (In Re Henderson)
  N.D. New York· 2010-01-27· cited 49×
• United States v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n
  E.D. New York· 2007-11-01· cited 48×
• In re Merrill Lynch & Co.
  S.D. New York· 2003-10-22· cited 48×
• Iwachiw v. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
  E.D. New York· 2004-01-23· cited 46×
• Hayes v. Department of Education
  S.D. New York· 2014-05-16· cited 46×
• Wolff v. Rare Medium, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2002-07-23· cited 45×
• Strunk v. United States House of Representatives
  Second Circuit· 2003-06-23· cited 42×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Haines v. Kerner
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-22· cited 26,103×
• Foman v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
• Salahuddin v. Cuomo
  Second Circuit· 1988-11-04· cited 2,134×
• Cooper v. Pate
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 478×
• Melanie Geisler v. Orlando R. Petrocelli and Pinnacle Books, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1980-03-03· cited 404×
• Dioguardi v. Durning
  Second Circuit· 1944-01-03· cited 273×
• Gillibeau v. City of Richmond
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-10-13· cited 143×
• Ostrer v. Aronwald
  Second Circuit· 1977-12-27· cited 131×
• Wilma Prezzi v. Birg. Gen. L. J. Schelter
  Second Circuit· 1972-10-30· cited 123×
• Moorish Science Temple of America, Inc., and Bro. R. Smallwood-El v. Harold J. Smith
  Second Circuit· 1982-11-26· cited 69×
• Edwin F. Gordon, Cross-Appellee v. E. G. Green, Gustave T. Broberg, Jr., Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-11-19· cited 42×
• Victor Bayron v. Correctional Officer Trudeau and Correctional Counselor G. Petrushun, Individually and in Their Official Capacities
  Second Circuit· 1983-02-25· cited 30×
• Albany Welfare Rights Organization Day Care Center, Inc. v. Schreck
  Second Circuit· 1972-06-09· cited 29×
• Fries v. Barnes
  Second Circuit· 1980-04-10· cited 24×
• Rafael M. Bertucelli v. Gerald F. Carreras, Rafael M. Bertucelli v. Gerald F. Carreras
  Ninth Circuit· 1972-08-08· cited 19×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-09-13· cited 14×