Whitney Information Network, Inc. v. Gagnon

How courts have described this case

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

• dismissing claim under the prima facie tort doctrine, with prejudice, and noting that “Florida does not recognize this cause of action”
• “A motion to dismiss a counterclaim under [Rule] 12(b)(6) is evaluated in the same manner as a motion to dismiss a complaint.”
• “Under Florida law, abuse of process involves the use of criminal or civil legal process against another primarily to accomplish a purpose for which it was not designed.”
• “The Court concludes that in order to state a claim under these statutory provisions, one of the parties must hold a registered trademark with the USPTO; the existence of a pending application is not sufficient.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Perfect Pearl Co. v. Majestic Pearl & Stone, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2012-01-11· cited 83×
• Third Party Verification, Inc. v. Signaturelink, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 2007-06-15· cited 30×
• Oginsky v. PARAGON PROPERTIES OF COSTA RICA LLC
  S.D. Florida· 2011-05-16· cited 18×
• Lyons v. American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-02-19· cited 9×
• Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corp. v. Youtube, Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 2007-06-04· cited 8×

Cites

21 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×
• Neitzke v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 22,300×
• Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.
  Supreme Court· 2002-02-26· cited 8,748×
• Christopher v. Harbury
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 2,579×
• Joe Marsh, Leroy Owens v. Butler County, Alabama, the Butler County Commission
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-09-26· cited 602×
• Lonnie J. Hill v. Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-02-19· cited 506×
• Cramer v. State of Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-07-24· cited 307×
• M.G.B. Homes, Inc. v. Ameron Homes, Inc., and Daniel James Brognano, Rick Brognano and Richard Patton
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-06-25· cited 136×
• Brown v. Crawford County
  Eleventh Circuit· 1992-05-20· cited 47×
• Cline v. Flagler Sales Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-03-05· cited 27×
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Ferre
  S.D. Florida· 1985-08-15· cited 26×
• Dunn Computer Corp. v. Loudcloud, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-01-10· cited 26×
• Della-Donna v. Nova University, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-09· cited 25×
• Fabricant v. Roebuck
  S.D. Florida· 2001-05-21· cited 12×
• Marty v. Gresh
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-01-15· cited 8×
• Monsanto Co. v. Campuzano
  S.D. Florida· 2002-05-02· cited 8×
• Steinhilber v. Lamoree
  S.D. Florida· 1992-12-17· cited 7×
• MiTek Holdings, Inc. v. Arce Engineering Co., Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1994-10-31· cited 7×
• Exxon Corporation v. Oxxford Clothes Inc
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-04-10· cited 6×
• Blue Dolphin, Inc. v. United States
  S.D. Florida· 1987-02-13· cited 5×