PASS WORD, INC., ET AL., DBA COEUR D'ALENE ANSWERING SERVICE

v.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319 (U.S. 1989)
  …F. 2d 177, 178 (CA5 1988); Franklin, 745 F. 2d, at 1227-1228; Johnson v. Silvers, 742 F. 2d 823, 824 (CA4 1984); Brandon, supra, at 159, 734 F. 2d, at 59; Wiggins v. New Mexico State Supreme Court Clerk, 664 F. 2d 812, 815 (CA10 1981), cert. denied, 459 U. S. 840 (1982). A patently insubstantial complaint may be dismissed, for example, for want of subject-matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). See, e. g., Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U. S. 528, 536-537 (1974) (federal courts lack power…
• Franklin v. Ms. Murphy and Hoyt Cupp, 745 F.2d 1221 (9th Cir. 1984)
  …Id. Accord Crisafi v. Holland, 655 F. 2d 1305, 1307 (D.C.Cir.1981) (per curiam); Boyce v. Alizaduh, 595 F. 2d 948, 951-52 (4th Cir. 1979). Cf. Wiggins v. New Mexico State Supreme Court Clerk, 664 F. 2d 812, 815 [*1228] (10th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 840, 103 S.Ct. 90, 74 L.Ed.2d 83 (1982) (defining frivolity as “whether a plaintiff can make a rational argument on the law and facts in support of his claims” without mentioning Anders). We adopt the Watson standard of frivolity. The legal component o…
• van Sickle v. Judges William J. Holloway, 791 F.2d 1431 (10th Cir. 1986)
  …aintiff cannot make a rational argument on the law and facts in support of his claim. Wiggins v. New Mexico State Supreme Court Clerk, 664 F. 2d 812, 815 (10th Cir.1981) (citing Bennett v. Passic, 545 F. 2d 1260, 1261 (10th Cir.1976)), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 840, 103 S.Ct. 90, 74 L.Ed.2d 83 (1982); Henriksen v. Bentley, 644 F. 2d 852, 854 (10th Cir.1981). We review the district court’s decision to determine whether it has abused its discretion in dismissing the appellant’s complaint. See Green v. Black, 75…