Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. v. Universal Security Instruments, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a district court erred by granting a motion for voluntary dismissal before determining whether it had subject matter jurisdiction because the court could not properly engage in the balancing process or required exercise of discretion without jurisdiction
• “[I]n limine rulings are preliminary in 10 character.”
• interpreting Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2)

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Cited by

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

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• Garber v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  Federal Circuit· 2009-06-26· cited 16×
• Klamath Irrigation District v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2014-05-14· cited 15×
• Mission Essential Personnel, LLC v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-03-28· cited 14×
• Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2011-11-30· cited 13×
• Harden v. Field Memorial Community Hospital
  S.D. Mississippi· 2007-04-17· cited 12×
• Stockton East Water District v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2011-10-31· cited 9×
• Thec International-Hamdard Cordova Group-Nazari Constr. Co. v. Cohen Mohr, LLP
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-03-16· cited 9×
• Zhengzhou Harmoni Spice Co., Ltd. v. United States
  Court of International Trade· 2010-01-26· cited 3×
• Andrews v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
  S.D. Mississippi· 2016-05-17· cited 3×
• iLOR, LLC v. Google, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2008-12-11· cited 2×
• United States v. T.J. Manalo, Inc.
  Court of International Trade· 2009-10-14· cited 2×
• Stephen L. LaFrance Holdings, Inc. v. Sorensen
  E.D. Arkansas· 2011-12-13· cited 2×
• United States v. Univar U.S. Inc.
  Court of International Trade· 2018-03-02· cited 1×
• Thec International-Hamdard Cordova Group-Nazari Construction Company, Ltd. Joint Venture v. Cohen Mohr, LLP
  District of Columbia· 2018-03-16
• One World Techs., Inc. v. United States
  Court of International Trade· 2019-05-09
• Moen, Inc. v. United States
  Court of International Trade· 2019-07-26
• In Re Downstream Addicks and Barker (Texas) Flood-Control Reservoirs v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2020-08-21
• University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2021-04-14
• University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2021-08-25

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 3,269×
• Catlin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1945-02-26· cited 2,668×
• Clayton E. Durham v. Florida East Coast Railway Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1967-10-31· cited 235×
• Nannette B. Davis v. Usx Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-06-03· cited 161×
• Palmieri v. Defaria
  Second Circuit· 1996-07-05· cited 138×
• Phillips Usa, Inc. v. Allflex Usa, Inc., and N.J. Phillips Pty., Limited
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-02-26· cited 116×
• Sulzer Textil A.G. And Sulzer Textile, Inc. v. Picanol N v. Defendant-Cross
  Federal Circuit· 2004-02-17· cited 116×
• Trilogy Communications, Inc. v. Times Fiber Communications, Inc., and Lpl Technologies, Inc., Defendants/cross-Appellants
  Federal Circuit· 1997-04-28· cited 110×
• Elizabeth Nye Woodard, Miles Cogley Nye, Jr., and the Kendall Company v. Sage Products, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 1987-05-04· cited 95×
• H.R. Technologies, Inc. v. Astechnologies, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2002-01-11· cited 52×
• Interstate Petroleum Corp. v. Morgan
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-05-01· cited 51×
• Local Union No. 38, Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, Afl-Cio v. Pelella
  Second Circuit· 2003-11-17· cited 34×
• Bruce Bowers v. U.S. Department of Justice
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-06-03· cited 31×
• Procter & Gamble Co. v. Paragon Trade Brands, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1995-12-28· cited 31×
• Russ v. United States
  M.D. North Carolina· 2001-01-17· cited 30×
• Enzo Apa & Son, Inc. v. Geapag A.G.
  Federal Circuit· 1998-01-09· cited 23×
• Intel v. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Microsoft v. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  Federal Circuit· 2006-07-14· cited 19×
• Sullivan v. Easco Corp.
  D. Maryland· 1987-06-16· cited 19×
• Enercon Industries Corporation, and Ahlbrandt Systems, Inc. v. Pillar Corporation, Pillar Technologies, Inc., and Pillar Technologies, L.P.
  Federal Circuit· 1997-01-31· cited 8×
• Lehman Bros. Commercial Corp. v. Minmetals International Non-Ferrous Metals Trading Co.
  S.D. New York· 2001-04-25· cited 5×

Other cases named Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. v. Universal Security Instruments, Inc.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. v. Universal Security Instruments, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-10-22· cited 13×
• Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Inc. v. Universal Security Instruments, Inc.
  M.D. North Carolina· 2004-01-23· cited 3×