Legal Opinion

Cortez v. City of New York

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 16, 2013No. Docket No. 12-87-cvPublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Per curiam

Plaintiffs, who worked as office cleaners in buildings surrounding the World Trade Center disaster site on and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, appeal from an Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.) denying their motion for an extension of time to comply with the district court’s prior Order requiring them to submit properly certified discovery responses, and dismissing their complaints with prejudice for failure to prosecute their cases. The district court rejected 85 of the plaintiffs’ interrogatory answers as not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. United States of America, Ex Rel., Walter M. Drake v. Norden Systems, Inc., and United Technologies CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
  3. Kenneth Wynder v. James W. McMahon David Spahl, Robert Jones, Louis B. Barbaria, Craig Masterson, Individually, John Keats, Marine Midland BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
  4. Nissho-Iwai American Corporation v. R. Sukarno Kline, Individually and D/B/A Frankenburg Import-Export Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  5. In Re Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation. In Re Johns-Manville Corporation, Debtor. Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, Putative Class Members Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation v. Donald M. Blinken, Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, in Re Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, and Donald M. Blinken, Bernadine K. Findley, as of the Estate of Hillard Findley, and Donald M. Blinken v. Leslie Gordon Fagen, as Legal Representative of FutureCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Huebner v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
  2. United States Ex Rel. Jane Doe v. Heart Solution, PCCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
  3. Liebowitz v. Bandshell Artist ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
  4. Lugo v. the City of Troy, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2024
  5. Markut v. Verizon New York Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014

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