Williams v. WMX Technologies, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that state claims of fraud do not escape Rule 9(b)’s pleading requirement
• holding that fraud-based RICO claims are subject to Rule 9(b)’s heightened pleading standard
• holding that “[p]leading fraud with particularity requires time, place, and contents of the false representation, as well as the identity of the person making the misrepresentation and what that person obtained as a result”
• explaining that fraud allegations must satisfy the “who, what, when, where, and how” required by Rule 9(b)
• holding Rule 9(b) requires a plaintiff plead the “who, what, when, where, and how” of the alleged fraud
• noting that “[a] complaint can be long-winded, even prolix, without pleading with particularity”

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Cited by

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

• Dorsey v. Portfolio Equities, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-08-11· cited 780×
• Bryant v. Avado Brands, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-09-03· cited 689×
• Plotkin v. IP Axess Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-04-22· cited 517×
• United States Ex Rel. Grubbs v. Kanneganti
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-08· cited 466×
• United States Ex Rel. James M. Thompson v. Columbia/hca Healthcare Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-01-14· cited 422×
• Herrmann Holdings Ltd. v. Lucent Technologies Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-03· cited 343×
• R2 Investments LDC v. Phillips
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-03-01· cited 337×
• Life Partners Creditors' Trust v. Cowley (In Re Life Partners Holdings, Inc.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-05-31· cited 245×
• Nathenson v. Zonagen Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-10-15· cited 231×
• Goldstein v. MCI Worldcom
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-25· cited 203×
• In Re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-02-19· cited 193×
• Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund, Inc. v. TXU Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-08· cited 169×
• In Re MicroStrategy, Inc. Securities Litigation
  E.D. Virginia· 2000-09-15· cited 146×
• Barrie v. Intervoice-Brite, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-01-12· cited 60×
• In Re Criimi Mae, Inc. Securities Litigation
  D. Maryland· 2000-03-30· cited 38×
• US Ex Rel. Bennett v. Medtronic, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2010-09-30· cited 37×
• In Re PETsMART, Inc. Securities Litigation
  D. Arizona· 1999-05-28· cited 37×
• Rolls-Royce Corp. v. Heros, Inc.
  N.D. Texas· 2008-03-25· cited 35×
• In Re Natural Gas Commodity Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2004-09-24· cited 35×
• Bittinger v. Wells Fargo Bank NA
  S.D. Texas· 2010-10-08· cited 35×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 1,199×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,228 Rocco Dileo and Louise Dileo v. Ernst & Young
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-06-12· cited 1,050×
• San Leandro Emergency Medical Group Profit Sharing Plan v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1996-01-25· cited 563×
• Tuchman v. DSC Communications Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-02-22· cited 543×
• In Re Glenfed, Inc. Securities Litigation
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-12-09· cited 541×
• Tel-Phonic Services, Inc., William Kirk, and John Bowen v. Tbs International, Inc. A/K/A Dy-Con, International, Inc. And the Dispatch Printing Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-10-23· cited 331×
• Melder v. Morris
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-08-08· cited 271×
• J. J. Blonien & Associates, Inc. v. Community Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-29· cited 175×
• Felix Shushany, and Shepard Bartnoff v. Allwaste, Inc., and Raymond L. Nelson
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-06-22· cited 140×
• Mel Cyrak, as Trustee for Steve King, and L.M. Smith v. Stan Lemon, Ray Kramer, and R.H. Weber
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-12-17· cited 54×
• Hershfang v. Citicorp
  S.D. New York· 1991-06-24· cited 41×

Other cases named Williams v. WMX Technologies, Inc.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Williams v. WMX Technologies Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-05-22
• Williams v. WMX Technologies, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1997-11-10