Video Tutorial Services, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that plaintiff bears the burden of demonstrating that a controversy is capable of repetition yet evading review
• noting that plaintiff bears the burden of demonstrating that a controversy is capable of repetition yet evading review
• explaining that “speculat[ing]” that “lightning may strike” again is not enough
• “An interlocutory appeal from a temporary stay no longer in effect . . . is the paradigm of a moot appeal.”
• “We are. . . reluctant to deny the district court deference in cases like this, where it has not yet had the chance to determine the validity of the arbitration clause at issue or the arbitrability of the dispute itself.”’
• “[W]e have no jurisdiction over moot controversies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. v. Beland
  Second Circuit· 2011-11-03· cited 231×
• Pharmachemie B.V. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 2002-01-18· cited 107×
• David Lawrence v. J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary, State of Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-12-16· cited 85×
• Ramirez v. Sanchez Ramos
  First Circuit· 2006-02-21· cited 63×
• Allstate Insurance v. Elzanaty
  E.D. New York· 2013-03-11· cited 52×
• Dennin v. Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1996-08-30· cited 39×
• Chirco v. Gateway Oaks, L.L.C.
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-09-14· cited 24×
• Members for a Better Union v. Bevona
  Second Circuit· 1998-07-15· cited 24×
• Altman v. Bedford Central School District
  Second Circuit· 2001-03-27· cited 8×
• Chirco v. Gateway Oaks
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-09-14· cited 6×
• McGinty v. State of NY
  N.D. New York· 1998-07-22· cited 3×
• Meierhenry Sargent LLP v. Bradley Williams
  Eighth Circuit· 2021-03-24· cited 3×
• Muhammad v. City Of New York Department Of Corrections
  Second Circuit· 1997-09-26· cited 2×
• Hameed v. Coughlin
  N.D. New York· 1999-02-02· cited 2×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Platinum Investment Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2004-04-08· cited 2×
• Operative Plasterers & Cement Masons International Ass'n v. International Brotherhood of Painters & Allied Trades
  E.D. New York· 1997-02-07· cited 1×
• Pharmachemie B V v. Henney, Jane
  D.C. Circuit· 2002-01-18
• Dennin v. Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference
  Second Circuit· 1996-08-30
• Members for Better Union v. Bevona
  Second Circuit· 1998-07-15

Cites

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

• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,797×
• Landis v. North American Co.
  Supreme Court· 1936-12-07· cited 5,442×
• Powell v. McCormack
  Supreme Court· 1969-10-13· cited 3,053×
• University of Texas v. Camenisch
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-29· cited 2,376×
• Honig v. Doe
  Supreme Court· 1988-01-20· cited 2,029×
• Murphy v. Hunt
  Supreme Court· 1982-04-26· cited 1,805×
• Church of Scientology of California v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-16· cited 1,710×
• Weinstein v. Bradford
  Supreme Court· 1975-12-16· cited 1,702×
• Norman v. Reed
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-14· cited 538×
• Collins & Aikman Products Co. v. Building Systems, Inc. And U.S. Commercial Floor System
  Second Circuit· 1995-06-15· cited 290×
• Burlington Northern Railroad v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-28· cited 208×
• Sample v. Johnson
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-09-20· cited 131×
• Lee v. Schmidt-Wenzel
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-07-26· cited 74×
• Brooks v. Georgia State Board of Elections
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-07-17· cited 62×
• Sample v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1986-02-24· cited 60×
• B & B Chemical Company, Inc., W.B. Brock, Jr. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency Defendants
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-12-22· cited 37×
• Central Soya Company, Inc. v. Consolidated Rail Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-03-21· cited 27×
• Leesona Corporation v. Cotwool Manufacturing Corporation, Judson Mills Division, Deering Milliken Research Corporation, and Whitin MacHine Works
  Fourth Circuit· 1963-03-19· cited 25×
• Arvida Corporation v. Honorable Sidney Sugarman, United States District Judge, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arvida Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1958-10-02· cited 16×
• New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, Seiu Afl-Cio v. Mount Sinai Hospital
  Second Circuit· 1995-09-11· cited 16×