Wells v. HBO & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that a plaintiff may make “a deliberate decision not to sue a party”
• amended complaint relates back when based on the same misleading filings and statements as the original complaint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1994-08-12· cited 128×
• Lacedra v. Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility
  D. Rhode Island· 2004-09-13· cited 97×
• Leonard v. Parry
  First Circuit· 2000-07-17· cited 72×
• In re Ford Motor Co. Vehicle Paint Litigation
  E.D. Louisiana· 1998-08-25· cited 42×
• Brink v. First Credit Resources
  D. Arizona· 1999-07-12· cited 38×
• In Re Newbridge Networks Securities Litigation
  District of Columbia· 1996-06-03· cited 20×
• In Re Bausch & Lomb, Inc. Securities Litigation
  W.D. New York· 1996-10-24· cited 13×
• Quaak v. Dexia, S.A.
  D. Massachusetts· 2006-08-08· cited 12×
• In Re Cascade International Securities Litigation
  S.D. Florida· 1993-12-16· cited 10×
• Tyman v. Hintz Concrete, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-12-15· cited 7×
• Figueroa v. J.C. Penney Puerto Rico, Inc.
  D. Puerto Rico· 2007-11-05· cited 5×
• Bond Opportunity Fund II, LLC v. Heffernan
  D. Rhode Island· 2004-10-22· cited 3×
• Powers v. Stuart-James Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-08-03· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Foman v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 3,007×
• Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-04· cited 1,661×
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 1,199×
• Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 775×
• Bank v. Pitt
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-04-18· cited 285×
• Pan-Islamic Trade Corporation v. Exxon Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-12-10· cited 274×
• Herman Friedlander, Etc., Cross-Appellees v. Jerry C. Nims, Timex Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-03-19· cited 136×
• Robert & Company Associates v. Rhodes-Haverty Partnership
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-09· cited 133×
• Itel Capital Corporation, a Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Cups Coal Company, Incorporated, a Corporation and Herman Mulvehill, Cross-Appellees
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-06-23· cited 104×
• Richard Rylewicz, Thomas Cummings and Barbara Cummings v. Beaton Services, Ltd.
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-11-01· cited 92×
• Kilkenny v. Arco Marine Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-19· cited 75×
• In Re Bank of Boston Corp. Securities Litigation
  D. Massachusetts· 1991-05-01· cited 64×
• Russell Henderson, Mildred E. Chambers and Charles E. Moore, Individually and as Class Representatives v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-09-11· cited 50×
• Friedlander v. Troutman
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-05-09· cited 46×
• Hurley v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1989-08-08· cited 46×
• Deutschman v. Beneficial Corp.
  D. Delaware· 1990-09-21· cited 40×
• Taliferro v. Costello
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1979-02-15· cited 39×
• Vera Smith, as of the Estate of Robert J. Smith, Deceased v. Duff and Phelps, Inc., a Corporation, and Claire v. Hansen
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-01-16· cited 35×