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Tomlin v. Woodruff, 449 U.S. 888 (1980). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
164 citation events (6 in the last 25 years) across 52 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Harrison v. Enventure Capital Group, Inc. (nywd, 1987-08-04)
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Top citers, strongest first. 23 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Harrison v. Enventure Capital Group, Inc.
W.D.N.Y. · 1987 · signal: see also · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
there has been a remarkable change of attitude by the supreme court regarding the inference of private rights of action
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Riegel Textile Corporation v. Celanese Corporation
2d Cir. · 1981 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
to determine the message to be found in the void of express congressional statement, we resort neither to our own notions of sound policy nor to our concept of what best suits the public weal.
discussed Cited "see" Limor v. Buerger (In Re Del-Met Corp.)
Bankr. M.D. Tenn. · 2005 · signal: see · confidence high
See Woodruff v. Tomlin, 616 F.2d 924 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 888 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 114 (1980) (claim based on an attorney’s conflict of interest is a malpractice claim under Tennessee law).
discussed Cited "see" C & H NATIONWIDE, INC. v. Thompson (2×)
Tex. · 1994 · signal: see · confidence high
See Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074, 1080 (5th Cir.) (what happened after a statute was enacted may be history and it may come from members of the Congress, but it is not part of the legislative history of the original enactment), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980).
discussed Cited "see" National Labor Relations Board v. McCullough Environmental Services, Inc.
5th Cir. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See NLRB v. Laredo Coca Cola Bottling Co., 613 F.2d 1338, 1342 (5th Cir.) (finding that invitations to employees to disclose their union activities and sympathies constitute interrogation), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980).
discussed Cited "see" N.L.R.B. v. McCullough Environmental Services, Inc.
5th Cir. · 1993 · signal: see · confidence high
See NLRB v. Laredo Coca Cola Bottling Co., 613 F.2d 1338, 1342 (5th Cir.) (finding that invitations to employees to disclose their union activities and sympathies constitute interrogation), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 1115 (1980).
discussed Cited "see" Columbia Portland Cement Company v. National Labor Relations Board
6th Cir. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
See Methodist Hospital of Ky., Inc. v. NLRB, 619 F.2d 563, 567 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980); accord General Telephone Co., 251 NLRB 737 , 739 (1980), enforced, 672 F.2d 894 (D.C.Cir.1981).
cited Cited "see" Petty v. Privette
Tenn. Ct. App. · 1989 · signal: see · confidence high
See Wood ruff v. Tomlin, 616 F.2d 924 (6th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 888 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 114 (1980).
discussed Cited "see" Shuttleworth v. Broward County
S.D. Fla. · 1986 · signal: see · confidence high
See Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074, 1095 (5th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980)); See also Miener v. State of Missouri, 673 F.2d 969, 968 (8th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 909 , 103 S.Ct. 215 , 74 L.Ed.2d 171 (1982); Pushkin v. Regents of University of Colorado, 658 F.2d 1372 , 1381 (10th Cir.1981); Camenisch v. University of Texas, 616 F.2d 127, 134 (5th Cir.1980), vacated as moot, 451 U.S. 390 , 101 S.Ct. 1830 , 68 L.Ed.2d 175 (1981).
discussed Cited "see" Howard L. Moon v. Secretary, United States Dept. Of Labor
11th Cir. · 1984 · signal: see · confidence high
See Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074, 1085 (5th Cir.) (no private right of action against federal contractor under section 503), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980). 7 .
discussed Cited "see" Martinson Manufacturing Co. v. Seery (2×)
Iowa · 1984 · signal: accord · confidence high
A fortiori, an attorney is not liable for an error in judgment on points of new occurrence or of nice or doubtful construction, or for a mistaken opinion on a point of law that has not been settled by a court of last resort and on which reasonable doubt may well be entertained by informed lawyers. 7 Am.Jur.2d Attorneys at Law § 201 (1980); accord Woodruff v. Tomlin, 616 F.2d 924 , 932 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 888 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 114 (1980); Baker v. Beal, 225 N.W.2d 106, 112 (Iowa 1975); Meagher v. Kavli, 256 Minn. 54, 60-61 , 97 N.W.2d 370, 375 (1959); Hodges v. Carter…
discussed Cited "see" Summers v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
E.D. Mich. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See Woodruff v. Tomlin, 616 F.2d 924 (6th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 888 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 114 (1980); Glinsey v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 495 F.2d 565 (6th Cir.1974), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 968 , 95 S.Ct. 232 , 42 L.Ed.2d 184 (1974); Wright & Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure, Civil § 4507 (1982).
cited Cited "see" Ruth Anne M v. Alvin Independent School District
S.D. Tex. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074, 1088 (5th Cir.) cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980) (Goldberg, J., dissenting).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Blecher & Collins, P.C. v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
C.D. Cal. · 1994 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Woodruff v. Tomlin, 616 F.2d 924, 930 (6th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 888 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 114 (1980) (holding attorney not liable for error resulting from “an exercise of professional judgment.”); Kirsch v. Duryea, 21 Cal.3d 303 , 146 Cal. Rptr. 218, 222 , 578 P.2d 935, 939 (1978) (remarking that an attorney is not an “insurer of the soundness of his opinions.”). *1453 Blecher insists that his rejection of Continental’s approach had nothing to do with reconciling the competing interests of the airlines.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Grantham and Mann, Inc., D/B/A Grantham Safety Industries, Inc. v. American Safety Products, Inc., Sam Evans, Richard J. Althoff and James Hunneke
6th Cir. · 1987 · signal: see also · confidence low
Co., 311 U.S. 223, 237 , 61 S.Ct. 179, 183 , 85 L.Ed. 139 (1940)) (emphasis supplied by Bosch); see also Woodruff v. Tomlin, 616 F.2d 924, 928-29 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 888 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 114 (1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." William Morrison Smith v. United States Postal Service
6th Cir. · 1984 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074 (5th Cir.) (finding no private right of action), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980), with Chaplin v. Consolidated Edison Co., 482 F.Supp. 1165, 1173 (S.D.N.Y. 1980) (recognizing private right of action).
cited Cited "see, e.g." National Labor Relations Board v. Great Western Coca-Cola Bottling Company
5th Cir. · 1984 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., NLRB v. Laredo Coca Cola Bottling Co., 613 F.2d 1338, 1342 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Chaplin v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 1984 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980) (no private right of action exists under § 503; question of possible third-party beneficiary claim not presented but if it were "we would also need to consider whether implication of a third-party beneficiary claim turns on the same considerations as implication of a private cause of action,” id. at 1079 n. 5). 21 .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Marlene Industries Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board, and International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Intervenor
6th Cir. · 1983 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, Inc., v. NLRB, 619 F.2d 563, 568-70 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980), citing, Percival v. National Drama Corp., 181 Cal. 631, 637 , 185 P. 972, 974 (1919): A discharge cannot be effected by a secret, undisclosed intention on the part of the master.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. City of Miami
5th Cir. · 1981 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074, 1080 (5th Cir.) (“The retroactive wisdom provided by the subsequent speech of a member of Congress stating that yesterday we meant something that we did not say is an ephemeral guide to history.”), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980) and id. at 1082 (“[A] committee is not the Congress.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." 27 Fair empl.prac.cas. 913, 27 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,328 United States of America v. The City of Miami, Florida v. Fraternal Order of Police, City of Miami Lodge No. 20, Kenneth R. Harrison, President, and the Miami Police Benevolent Association
5th Cir. · 1981 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074, 1080 (5th Cir.) ("The retroactive wisdom provided by the subsequent speech of a member of Congress stating that yesterday we meant something that we did not say is an ephemeral guide to history."), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 889 , 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 (1980) and id. at 1082 ("(A) committee is not the Congress.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Van Horn Lodge, Inc. v. White (2×)
Alaska · 1981 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Woodruff v. Tomlin, 616 F.2d 924, 936 (6th Cir.1980), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 114 (1980). [2] Although the majority holds that White and Jones were not negligent as a matter of law, the following considerations persuade me that there is a question of fact as to White and Jones' compliance with the standard imposed by DR 2-110: a.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Uneeda Davis v. Ball Memorial Hospital Association Patricia Roberts Harris, in Her Capacity as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (2×)
7th Cir. · 1980 · signal: see also · confidence low
We believe those factors uniformly indicate that Congress did not wish to permit a private right of action against the Secretary under the circumstances alleged here. 56 This Court has noted with respect to the first of the Cort factors that courts have often used "too facile" an approach in considering whether a particular party is "one of the class for whose especial benefit the statute was enacted." Simpson v. Reynolds Metals Co., supra at 25; see also Rogers v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 611 F.2d 1074, 1079 (5th Cir. 1980), certiorari denied, --- U.S. ----, 101 S.Ct. 246 , 66 L.Ed.2d 115 .
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Tomlin
v.
Woodruff
No. 79-1802.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 6, 1980.
449 U.S. 888

C. A. 6th Cir. Motion of Tennessee Bar Association for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.