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· 2/7/2003

Annete M. Allen, Shelley S. Burnette, Rahpre Newberry, and Earnest Leonard v. Chicago Transit Authority

Citations

  • 317 F.3d 696

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that the plaintiff committed perjury where he later admitted that he lied during his deposition
  • explaining that even when a “witness repeatedly contradicts himself under oath on material matters,” his credibility “becomes an issue for the jury; it cannot be resolved in a summary judgment proceeding”
  • affirming district court’s dismissal of suit as sanction for repeated discovery-related perjury
  • \it is arguable that a litigant who defrauds the court should not be permitted to continue to press his case.\
  • “it is arguable that a litigant who defrauds the court should not be permitted to continue to press his case.”
  • “it is arguable that a litigant who de- frauds the court should not be permitted to continue to press his case.”

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Judges: Bauer, Posner, Kanne

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