United States v. Freitas

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Zannino waiver to an argument for which appellant \neither cite[d] any precedent nor explain[ed] the lack of precedent\
• affirming dismissal where plaintiff failed to “defend [a] claim in 24 response to [] motions to dismiss”
• “[A]s a general rule, one cannot use a reply brief to develop an argument cursorily made in an opening brief.”
• \[A]n argument raised for the first time in a reply brief comes too late to be preserved on appeal.\ (internal quotation and alteration omitted)
• affirming dismissal without leave to amend of abandoned 27 claims
• finding waiver in a similar situation

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Cites

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

• United States v. Ilario M.A. Zannino
  First Circuit· 1990-01-10· cited 2,914×
• United States v. Dominguez Benitez
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-14· cited 2,402×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-21· cited 985×
• Rosales-Mireles v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2018-06-18· cited 806×
• United States v. Ralph Petrozziello
  First Circuit· 1977-01-21· cited 328×
• United States v. Woods
  Supreme Court· 2013-12-03· cited 317×
• Rodriguez v. Municipality of San Juan
  First Circuit· 2011-10-20· cited 215×
• United States v. Turbides-Leonardo
  First Circuit· 2006-11-14· cited 200×
• Pignons S.A. De Mecanique v. Polaroid Corporation
  First Circuit· 1983-02-28· cited 139×
• Braintree Laboratories, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  First Circuit· 2010-10-12· cited 110×
• United States v. Shepard-Fraser
  First Circuit· 2015-04-22· cited 98×
• United States v. Del Toro-Barboza
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-03-14· cited 86×
• United States v. Cruzado-Laureano
  First Circuit· 2005-04-05· cited 72×
• United States v. Ponzo
  First Circuit· 2017-04-07· cited 63×
• United States v. Foley
  First Circuit· 2015-04-01· cited 61×
• United States v. Rodriguez
  First Circuit· 2012-03-28· cited 58×
• United States v. Edelkind
  First Circuit· 2006-10-31· cited 53×
• United States v. Sasso
  First Circuit· 2012-09-17· cited 53×
• United States v. Bramley
  First Circuit· 2017-01-26· cited 48×
• United States v. Rodriguez-Soler
  First Circuit· 2014-12-03· cited 46×

Other cases named United States v. Freitas

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• United States v. Freitas
  N.D. California· 1985-02-21· cited 19×
• United States v. Freitas
  N.D. California· 1985-06-14· cited 16×
• United States v. Freitas
  Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals· 2004-02-27· cited 3×
• United States v. Freitas
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-01-05
• United States v. Freitas
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-07-01