Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Ulman

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the discovery rule applied in case where defendant allegedly filed a false credit report with a credit agency
• stating that a potential tort plaintiff is usually immediately aware of wrongdoing
• Maryland statute of limitations in defamation action runs not from date of defamatory act but from date plaintiff learned of it
• Maryland statute of limitations in defamation action runs not from date of defamatory act but from date plaintiff learned of it
• credit reporting agency's false report inherently undiscoverable until plaintiff applied for a credit account with a second retailer
• \fairness to a plaintiff who has not slept on his rights justifies exceptions to [the] general rule\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Poffenberger v. Risser
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-07-09· cited 310×
• Clare R. Bruffett v. Warner Communications, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1982-11-08· cited 179×
• Digital Design Group, Inc. v. Information Builders, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2001-02-27· cited 159×
• Doe v. Archdiocese of Washington
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-02-26· cited 88×
• Ojeda Ojeda v. El Vocero de Puerto Rico, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1994-10-26· cited 88×
• Staheli v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-08-23· cited 64×
• Murphy v. Merzbacher
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-28· cited 60×
• Adler v. American Standard Corp.
  D. Maryland· 1982-03-19· cited 55×
• Trimper v. Porter-Hayden
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-12-17· cited 44×
• DeLeon v. Slear
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-12-10· cited 39×
• Alexander v. Washington Gas Light Co.
  District of Columbia· 2006-02-23· cited 38×
• Interphase Garment Solutions, LLC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2008-06-06· cited 35×
• In Re Mark R.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-09-03· cited 32×
• Mikaelian v. Drug Abuse Unit
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-11-26· cited 28×
• Johns Hopkins Hospital v. Lehninger
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1981-05-06· cited 25×
• Atkinson v. McLaughlin
  D. North Dakota· 2006-11-28· cited 24×
• McFadden v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  District of Columbia· 2013-06-12· cited 20×
• Joseph M. Houghton v. The Insurance Crime Prevention Institute and John Andrew Hoda
  Third Circuit· 1986-07-17· cited 19×
• McCutcheon v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-11-13· cited 18×
• Shepard v. Nabb
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1990-11-08· cited 15×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tom Olesker's Exciting World of Fashion, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-09-24· cited 208×
• Harig v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-11-21· cited 145×
• Kelley v. Rinkle
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-01-21· cited 140×
• Mumford v. Staton, Whaley & Price
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-07-11· cited 74×
• Krashes v. White
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-07-16· cited 69×
• Feldman v. Granger
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-10-16· cited 58×
• Goldstein v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-08-21· cited 47×
• Weaver v. Beneficial Finance Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-06-14· cited 37×
• Steelworkers Holding Co. v. Menefee
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-11-06· cited 36×