Sullivan v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]e will invoke the [artftil pleading] doctrine ‘only in exceptional circumstances as it raises difficult issues of state and federal relationships and often yields unsatisfactory results.’ ” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carpenter v. Wichita Falls Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-02-15· cited 284×
• Lippitt v. Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-08-25· cited 74×
• Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana, F.S.B.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-13· cited 10×
• Lyster v. First Nationwide Bank Financial Corp.
  N.D. California· 1993-06-22· cited 8×
• Toledo Fair Housing Center v. Farmers Insurance Group of Companies
  N.D. Ohio· 1999-06-21· cited 3×

Cites

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

• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-24· cited 6,491×
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 2,470×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley
  Supreme Court· 1908-11-16· cited 1,832×
• Avco Corp. v. Aero Lodge No. 735, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,021×
• NORTH STAR INTERNATIONAL, a Nevada Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-10-18· cited 858×
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 846×
• The Fair v. Kohler Die & Specialty Co.
  Supreme Court· 1913-03-24· cited 750×
• Vitarroz Corporation v. Borden, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1981-03-30· cited 163×
• Robert Blake v. Sant Pallan v. Willie R. Barnes, Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California, Plaintiff-In-Intervention/appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-05-26· cited 151×
• Sullivan v. First Affiliated Securities, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-04-01· cited 117×
• Hunter v. United Van Lines
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-11-05· cited 114×
• Limbach v. Hooven & Allison Co.
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-18· cited 77×
• Elizabeth Bale and Jennifer Fife v. General Telephone Company of California, and Does 1-50
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-25· cited 70×
• Thomson v. Continental Insurance
  California Supreme Court· 1967-05-25· cited 66×
• Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1982-11-29· cited 53×
• Bright v. Bechtel Petroleum, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-01-10· cited 51×
• Salveson v. Western States Bankcard Ass'n
  N.D. California· 1981-10-22· cited 49×
• Silberkleit v. Kantrowitz
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-05-27· cited 49×