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“it was unnecessary for amfi to outline any or all of the possible dangers that could be posed by a decrease in statutory capital and surplus; the disclosure that they would be decreased was adequate.”
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1980
2003
2026
Top citers, strongest first. 36 distinct citers.
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Patton v. General Signal Corp.
summary judgment is strongly disfavored prior to the parties having had an adequate opportunity for discovery
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Brogren v. Pohlad
it was unnecessary for amfi to outline any or all of the possible dangers that could be posed by a decrease in statutory capital and surplus; the disclosure that they would be decreased was adequate.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
United States v. Garrudo
any question of a judge's impartiality threatens the purity of the judicial process and its institutions.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Duke v. Pfizer, Inc., Div. of Pfizer Hosp.
the amendment of 28 u.s.c. 455 did not alter the standard of appellate review on disqualification issues____
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Cited "see"
United States v. Salemme
See Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co., 609 F.2d 1101, 1114-15 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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Cited "see"
State v. Woodson
See United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391, 400 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980), cited in Butler, 335 Md. at 254 , 643 A.2d at 397 .
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United States v. Thomas W. Tierney
(2×)
See Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co., 609 F.2d 1101 (5th Cir.) (Potashnick ), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); SCA Services, Inc. v. Morgan, 557 F.2d 110 (7th Cir.1977) (SCA ).
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Bonelli v. Bonelli
See Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co., 609 F.2d 1101 , 1114-15 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S. Ct. 78 , 66 L.
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Cited "see"
FMC Corp. v. Boesky
See Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Co., Inc. v. American Fidelity Life Insurance Co., 606 F.2d 602, 606 (5th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980) (the corporate plaintiff repurchased its own stock for cash); Bankers Life & Casualty Co., 404 U.S. at 8-9 , 92 S.Ct. at 166-67 (the plaintiff corporation was a seller when it exchanged its treasury bonds for cash); Wright v. Heizer Corp., 560 F.2d 236, 247 (7th Cir.1977); cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1066 , 98 S.Ct. 1243 , 55 L.Ed.2d 767 (1978) (the corporation was a seller when it issued stock to an investor fo…
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Ainsworth v. Combined Insurance Co. of America
See Potashnick v. Port City Const. Co., 609 F.2d 1101 (5th Cir.) (judge was disqualified from case where, during the litigation before him, judge was not only being represented in another matter by counsel for the litigant, but also had personal business dealings with that counsel), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); ABA Comm. on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Informal Op. 1477 (1981) (a judge must recuse himself in cases in which a litigant is represented by the judge's own attorney).
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Debra Ackerman v. Western Electric Company, Inc., a Corporation, Debra Ackerman v. Western Electric Company, Inc., a Corporation
See Greater West-chester Home-Owners Ass’n v. City of Los Angeles, 26 Cal.3d 86, 102 , 160 Cal.Rptr. 733, 740 , 603 P.2d 1329, 1336 (1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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State v. Valery
See generally State v. Dupart, 383 So.2d 1226 (La.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); State v. Toussaint, 429 So.2d 206 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983).
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Parker v. Connors Steel Co.
See Potashnick v. Port City Const. Co., 609 F.2d 1101 , 1111 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980). 11 We now turn to the objective facts that might reasonably cause an objective observer to question Judge Lynne’s impartiality.
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Parker v. Connors Steel Company
See Potashnick v. Port City Const. Co., 609 F.2d 1101 , 1111 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980). 11 75 We now turn to the objective facts that might reasonably cause an objective observer to question Judge Lynne's impartiality.
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National City Bank v. Flowers (In Re Flowers)
See, Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co., 609 F.2d 1101 (5th Cir.1980), cert. den. 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 ; Hullam v. Burrows, 266 F.2d 547 (6th Cir.1959); In re Trivedi, 22 B.R. 246 (Bankr.S.D.Ohio 1982).
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Securities & Exchange Commission v. Tome
United States v. Doulin, 538 F.2d 466, 471 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 895 , 97 S.Ct. 256 , 50 L.Ed.2d 178 (1976); see United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391, 402-04 (2d Cir.1979) (even if acquitted on the conspiracy count, coconspirator’s statements may be admissible on the substantive count), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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40 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1597, 41 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,451 Irving P. Gray v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Irving P. Gray v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
See Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co., 609 F.2d 1101, 1117-19 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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Gray v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
See Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co., 609 F.2d 1101, 1117-19 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980) .
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Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
(2×)
See Potashnick v. Port City Construction Co., 609 F.2d 1101 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980) (plaintiff's attorney was representing judge, albeit nominally, in several pending unrelated matters); Texaco v. Chandler, 354 F.2d 655 (10th Cir. 1965), cert. denied, 383 U.S. 936 , 86 S.Ct. 1066 , 15 L.Ed.2d 853 *433 (1966) (one of plaintiff's attorneys was at time of trial defending judge in another action brought against judge personally); DeCamp v. Good Samaritan Hospital, 66 A.D.2d 766 , 410 N.Y.S.2d 671 , (1978) (attorney for defendant revealed that he…
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Hessen v. Beagan (In Re Teltronics Services, Inc.)
See Potashnick v. Port City Const. Co., 609 F.2d 1101 , 1111 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); United States v. Ritter, 540 F.2d 459 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 951 , 97 S.Ct. 370 , 50 L.Ed.2d 319 (1976); Matter of Searches Conducted on March 5, 1980, 497 F.Supp. 1283, 1291 (E.D.Wis.1980); Smith v. Pepsico, Inc., 434 F.Supp. 524 (S.D.Fla.1977).” In re Parr, 13 B.R. 1010, 1017 (E.D.N.Y.1981).
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In Re WHET, Inc.
See id. at 21 (citing Potashnick v. Port City Const. Co., 609 F.2d 1101 , 1111 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980) (father of trial judge was partner in law firm representing a party in the case, and attorney for the plaintiff also represented judge in unrelated matter; “questionable case” calling for disqualification)).
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Susan Berns v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Cal.Civil Code § 3288; see, Greater Westchester Homeowners’ Assoc. v. City of Los Angeles, 26 Cal.3d 86, 102-103 , 160 Cal.Rptr. 733 , 603 P.2d 1329 (1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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United States v. Samuel B. Hewitt and Bobby Gene Chesser
Accord, United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391, 400 (2d Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); United States v. Lasky, 600 F.2d 765, 769 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 979 , 100 S.Ct. 480 , 62 L.Ed.2d 405 (1979); United States v. Barket, 530 F.2d 181, 188 (8th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 917 , 97 S.Ct. 308 , 50 L.Ed.2d 282 (1976).
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Northeast Phoenix Homeowners' Ass'n v. Scottsdale Municipal Airport
See Greater Westchester Homeowners Association v. City of Los Angeles, 26 Cal.3d 86 , 160 Cal.Rptr. 733 , 603 P.2d 1329 (1979), cert. den. 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); Owen v. City of Atlanta, 157 Ga.App. 354 , 277 S.E.2d 338 (1981).
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Flushing Savings Bank v. Parr (In Re Parr)
See Potashnick v. Port City Const. Co., 609 F.2d 1101, 1111 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); United States v. Ritter, 540 F.2d 459 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 951 , 97 S.Ct. 370 , 50 L.Ed.2d 319 (1976); Matter of Searches Conducted on March 5, 1980, 497 F.Supp. 1283, 1291 (E.D.Wisc.1980); Smith v. Pepsico, Inc., 434 F.Supp. 524 (S.D.Fla.1977).
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State v. Eastman
See, also, United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391,400 (2nd Cir.1979), certiorari denied 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 as quoted in State v. Widner, 68 Ohio St.2d 188, 190 , 429 N.E.2d 1065 , 1066–1067(1981). {¶62} In Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. a]123, 135–136, 88 S.Ct. 1620 , 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968), the United States Supreme Court noted that “[a] defendant is entitled to a fair trial but not a perfect one.
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State v. Alexander
See, also, United States v. Clark (C.A. 2, 1979), 613 F.2d 391 , certiorari denied 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (a second prosecution is not barred on double jeopardy grounds when the trial judge had no reasonable alternative to ordering a mistrial in the first trial); State v. Widner (1981), 68 Ohio St.2d 188, 190 , 429 N.E.2d 1065, 1066-1067 . {43} In Illinois v. Somerville (1973), 410 U.S. 458, 464 , 93 S.Ct. 1066 , 35 L.Ed.2d 425 , the Supreme Court further refined the circumstances under which a trial court can order a mistrial: {44} "A trial judge properly exercises his di…
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Aparo v. Superior Court for the Judicial District
Where a previous judgment of acquittal was based upon a general verdict, as is usually the case, this approach requires a court to ‘examine the record of a prior proceeding, taking into account the pleadings, evidence, charge, and other relevant matter, and conclude whether a rational jury could have grounded its verdict upon an issue other than that which the defendant seeks to foreclose from consideration.’ The inquiry ‘must be set in a practical frame and viewed with an eye to all the circumstances of the proceedings.’ ” Id. at 444 , 90 S.Ct. at 1194 (quoting Sealfon v. United Sta…
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Seagoing Uniform Corp. v. Texaco, Inc.
See e.g., Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Co. v. American Fidelity Life Insurance Co., 606 F.2d 602, 616 (5th Cir.1979), reh’g denied, 610 F.2d 818 (5th Cir.1980), ce rt. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980) (In a shareholders’ derivative action alleging, inter alia that defendants carried out a stock repurchase program to retain their position in the corporation by driving up the price of the corporation’s shares with the purpose of discouraging others from attempting to gain control of the corporation, the Court found that there was a material fact issue as to…
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United States v. Murad Nersesian
The American Bar Association Standards for Criminal Justice state: “[i]t is unprofessional conduct for the prosecutor to express his or her personal belief or opinion as to the truth or falsity of any testimony or evidence or the guilt of the defendant.” ABA Standards for Criminal Justice 3-5.8(b) (2d ed. 1980); see also United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391, 405 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); Suarez, 588 F.2d at 354 .
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Howard v. Malcolm
See, e.g., Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Company, Inc. v. American Fidelity Life Insurance Co., 606 F.2d 602, 609 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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United States v. Russell Damsky, Peter B. Findlen, Gary Romano
See, e.g., United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391, 405 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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United States v. Nolan
See, e.g., United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391, 405-06 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); United States v. Quesada, 512 F.2d 1043, 1045 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 946 , 96 S.Ct. 356 , 46 L.Ed.2d 277 (1975); United States v. Lawson, 507 F.2d 433, 438-39 (7th Cir.1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 1004 , 95 S.Ct. 1446 , 43 L.Ed.2d 762 (1975).
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United States v. Nolan
See, e.g., United States v. Clark, 613 F.2d 391, 405-06 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); United States v. Quesada, 512 F.2d 1043, 1045 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 946 , 96 S.Ct. 356 , 46 L.Ed.2d 277 (1975); United States v. Lawson, 507 F.2d 433, 438-39 (7th Cir.1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 1004 , 95 S.Ct. 1446 , 43 L.Ed.2d 762 (1975).
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Martin-Trigona v. Lavien
See, e.g., Potashnick v. Port City Const. Co., 609 F.2d 1101 , 1111 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 78 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980).
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San Diego Unified Port District, and Air Transport Association of America, Intervening v. Adriana Gianturco
See, e. g., Greater Westchester Homeowners Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles, 26 Cal.3d 86 , 160 Cal.Rptr. 733 , 603 P.2d 1329 (1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 820 , 101 S.Ct. 77 , 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980). 17 .
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Potashnick
v.
Port City Construction Co.
v.
Port City Construction Co.
No. 79-1522.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 6, 1980.
Cited by 2 opinions | Published
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.