Stark v. Mars, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Even the failure to correctly categorize the legal theory giving rise to a claim does not require dismissal if the complaint otherwise alleges facts upon which relief can be granted.”
• “A plaintiff is not required to plead legal theories or cases . . . . Even the failure to correctly categorize the legal theory giving rise to a claim does not require dismissal if the complaint otherwise alleges facts upon which relief can be granted.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stark v. Mars, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2012-07-17· cited 8×
• Pearson v. Firstenergy Corp. Pension Plan
  N.D. Ohio· 2014-12-31· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Erickson v. Pardus
  Supreme Court· 2007-06-04· cited 34,635×
• Foman v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-27· cited 1,937×
• Varity Corp. v. Howe
  Supreme Court· 1996-03-19· cited 1,806×
• Tackett v. M & G POLYMERS, USA, LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-04-03· cited 1,497×
• Pegram v. Herdrich
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 1,043×
• Keith Harbin-Bey v. Lyle Rutter
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-08-18· cited 882×
• Saeid B. Amini v. Oberlin College
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-08-02· cited 789×
• Robert D. Sprague, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. General Motors Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-01-07· cited 738×
• Alan Weiner, D.P.M. v. Klais and Company, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-02-26· cited 672×
• Colvin v. Caruso
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-05-13· cited 610×
• Bob G. Wilkins v. Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. Life Insurance Company of North America
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-08-04· cited 535×
• Marc D. Mezibov v. Michael K. Allen, Hamilton County Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-06-16· cited 432×
• Peggy Greenberg and Pamela Rossmann, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated v. The Life Insurance Company of Virginia
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-05-19· cited 379×
• Riverview Health Institute LLC v. Medical Mutual of Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-04-07· cited 373×
• Leisure Caviar, LLC v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-08-19· cited 340×
• Bishop v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-03-25· cited 287×
• Lloyd Marks v. Newcourt Credit Group, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-09-04· cited 279×