Prewitt v. United States Postal Serv., 480 U.S. 945 (1987). · Go Syfert
Prewitt v. United States Postal Serv., 480 U.S. 945 (1987). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
156 citation events (16 in the last 25 years) across 47 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Meyer v. Union Railroad (pasuperct, 2004-10-25) · Strongest negative: Gallimore-Wright v. Long Island Railroad (nysd, 2005-02-04)
Treatment trajectory · 1987 → 2026 · click a year to view as-of
1987 2006 2026
Top citers, strongest first. 18 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "but see" Gallimore-Wright v. Long Island Railroad
S.D.N.Y. · 2005 · signal: but see · confidence high
But see id. at 428 (zone of danger test applies to intentional infliction claims) (Sotomayor, J., concurring). 45 . 773 F.2d 807 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 788 (1987). 46 .
discussed Cited "but see" Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Jetstream International Airlines, Inc.
D. Maryland · 1989 · signal: but see · confidence high
See, e.g., Elgin, 325 U.S. at 723 , 65 S.Ct. at 1289 ; but see Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway Co., 773 F.2d 807, 814 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 788 (1987). .
discussed Cited "see" Meyer v. Union Railroad
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Laird, 555 Pa. 629, 726 A.2d 346 (1999) (state courts may look to decisions of intermediate federal courts for guidance in interpreting federal case law). ¶ 16 Similarly, while writing for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway Co., 773 F.2d 807, 822 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 788 (1987), the learned Honorable Richard Posner recognized that a FELA defendant may be entitled to an instruction directing the jury to reduce the plaintiffs damages by the probability that the plaintiff…
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Gilberto Giraldo, Andres Emilio Fermin, and Jose Angel Tellez
2d Cir. · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See generally United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108, 114 (2d Cir.1986) (indictments worded in the conjunctive, charging violations of statutes that are worded in the disjunctive, can be supported by proof of either of the conjoined means of violating the act, and the court may properly charge the jury in the disjunctive), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1603 , 94 L.Ed.2d 789 (1987). 1.
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Hakeem Olayinka Alli-Balogun, Also Known as Ralph Badmus
2d Cir. · 1995 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108, 114-15 (2d Cir.1986) (tax evasion), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1603 , 94 L.Ed.2d 789 (1987); United States v. Murray, 618 F.2d 892, 898 (2d Cir.1980) (conspiracy).
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Conefrey
Mass. App. Ct. · 1994 · signal: accord · confidence high
Accord United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108, 114-115 (3d Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 (1987); United States v. Sanderson, 966 F.2d 184, 187 (6th Cir. 1992); United States v. Sayan, 968 F.2d 55, 65 (D.C.
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Carl Jackson, A/K/A \Better Days\"
unknown court · 1989 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108, 114-15 (2d Cir.1986), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1603 , 94 L.Ed.2d 789 (1987) (possibility of jury disagreement over whether defendant failed to make income tax returns, failed to pay income tax, or concealed or attempted to conceal income did not require specific unanimity instruction); United States v. Ferris, 719 F.2d 1405, 1407 (9th Cir.1983) (fact that jurors may have disagreed on which acts of possession of a controlled substance defendant committed did not mandate a specific unanimity instruction).
cited Cited "see" Richard Gallose v. Long Island Railroad Company
2d Cir. · 1989 · signal: see · confidence high
See Lancaster v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 773 F.2d 807, 817 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 788 (1987).
cited Cited "see, e.g." State v. Mekoshvili
Conn. · 2022 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., State v. Bailey, supra, 209 Conn. 337, 338 , citing United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108 , 114–15 (2d Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S. Ct. 1603 , 94 L.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Jansen v. Packaging Corp. of America
7th Cir. · 1997 · signal: see also · confidence low
We have previously explained that “[t]he deliberate act of an employee acting within the scope of his authority is the act of the employer, for an employer, at least where it is a corporation, acts only through agents.” Shager v. Upjohn Co., 913 F.2d 398, 404 (7th Cir.1990); see also Lancaster v. Norfolk & Western Ry., 773 F.2d 807, 820 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 788 (1987); Horn, 755 F.2d at 605 .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." 74 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 1138, 71 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 44,940 Alice Jansen v. Packaging Corporation of America, Kimberly B. Ellerth v. Burlington Industries, Inc.
7th Cir. · 1997 · signal: see also · confidence low
We have previously explained that "[t]he deliberate act of an employee acting within the scope of his authority is the act of the employer, for an employer, at least where it is a corporation, acts only through agents." Shager v. Upjohn Co., 913 F.2d 398, 404 (7th Cir.1990); see also Lancaster v. Norfolk & Western Ry., 773 F.2d 807, 820 (7th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 788 (1987); Horn, 755 F.2d at 605 .
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States of America, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Alfred J. Rioux, Appellant/cross-Appellee
2d Cir. · 1996 · signal: see also · confidence low
Rioux also argues that the judge impermissibly amended the indictment by charging the jury regarding Rioux’s threats of “suspension or termination,” while the indictment used the words “suspension and termination.” The rule that a jury’s guilty verdict on a conjunctively worded indictment stands if the evidence is sufficient with respect to any of the acts charged, “obviously extends to a trial court’s jury instructions in the disjunctive in the context of a conjunc-tively worded indictment.” United States v. Cusumano, 943 F.2d 305, 311 (3d Cir.1991), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 1…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." People v. Cooks (2×)
Mich. · 1994 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v Schiff, 801 F2d 108, 115 (CA 2, 1986), cert den 480 US 945 (1987) (general unanimity charge found sufficient where "the alleged acts were closely interrelated and carried out by a single individual”); United States v Frazin, 780 F2d 1461, 1468 (CA 9, 1986), cert den 479 US 844 (1986) (a general unanimity instruction was sufficient in a mail and wire fraud prosecution in which there existed evidence of misrepresentations to numerous investors, in light of the rule that "a specific instruction that the jury must agree on a particular set of facts is required only whe…
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Turner v. Sullivan
D.D.C. · 1990 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
Rather they review final agency decisions.” Morris v. Sullivan, 897 F.2d 553, 559 (D.C.Cir.1990); see, e.g., Fierro v. Bowen, 798 F.2d 1351 (10th Cir.1986), ce rt. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 789 (1987); Deters v. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 789 F.2d 1181 (5th Cir.1986); Kellough v. Heckler, 785 F.2d 1147 (4th Cir.1986).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Feldleit v. Long Island Rail Road
E.D.N.Y · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Ry., 773 F.2d 807, 812-13 (7th Cir.1985) (pre-Buell case finding FELA covers intentional torts provided they are marked by physical contact or threat of physical contact), ce rt. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1602 , 94 L.Ed.2d 788 (1987); Teague v. National R.R.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.
2d Cir. · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108, 112-13 (2d Cir.1986) (knowledge of tax laws), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1603 , 94 L.Ed.2d 789 (1987); United States v. Heinemann, 801 F.2d at 93-94 (knowledge of lawfulness of tax avoidance scheme).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation
2d Cir. · 1989 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108, 112-13 (2d Cir.1986) (knowledge of tax laws), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S.Ct. 1603 , 94 L.Ed.2d 789 (1987); United States v. Heinemann, 801 F.2d at 93-94 (knowledge of lawfulness of tax avoidance scheme).
cited Cited "see, e.g." State v. Bailey
Conn. · 1988 · signal: see also · confidence low
Id.; see also United States v. Schiff, 801 F.2d 108, 115 (2d Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 480 U.S. 945 , 107 S. Ct. 1603 , 94 L.
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Prewitt
v.
United States Postal Service
No. 86-898.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Mar 30, 1987.
480 U.S. 945
Published

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.