Thomas v. Arn

How courts have described this case

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

• declaratory judgment remedy is appropriate where it would circumvent limitations placed on federal jurisdiction by the abstention doctrine or by the Eleventh Amendment
• waiver rule is not jurisdictional

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gregory A. Ivey v. George Wilson, Ron Hanley, Lt. Barnes, Robert Hendricks, Dewey Sowders, Capt. Barnett, Phil Parker, Andy Knight, and Tom Stewart
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-11-04· cited 1,415×
• National Ass'n of Boards of Pharmacy v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-02-24· cited 84×
• Jones v. Berryhill
  M.D. Tennessee· 2019-08-02· cited 84×
• McPherson v. Astrue
  S.D. West Virginia· 2009-03-02· cited 75×
• Velez v. Vassallo
  S.D. New York· 2002-03-26· cited 65×
• Galeana v. Lemongrass on Broadway Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2014-04-04· cited 50×
• Thomas v. Calero
  S.D. New York· 2011-04-20· cited 31×
• Rivera v. Telefonica De Puerto Rico
  D. Puerto Rico· 1995-06-23· cited 25×
• Long v. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 1992-02-04· cited 23×
• Burkey v. Deeds
  D. Nevada· 1993-06-01· cited 23×
• Briggins v. Elwood Tri, Inc.
  N.D. Alabama· 2014-03-11· cited 23×
• Federal Election Commission v. Christian Coalition
  E.D. Virginia· 1998-04-10· cited 23×
• White v. Commissioner
  D. Massachusetts· 1995-08-15· cited 22×
• Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. v. Busby
  W.D. North Carolina· 2009-08-25· cited 20×
• Cullen v. EH Friedrich Co., Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1995-11-15· cited 19×
• Kusek v. Family Circle, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1995-07-17· cited 19×
• Mountain Land Properties, Inc. v. Lovell
  W.D. North Carolina· 2014-09-11· cited 19×
• Sulehria v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2009-11-23· cited 18×
• United States v. Rivera
  D. Puerto Rico· 1996-01-17· cited 17×
• Bazile v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2002-08-02· cited 17×