Batten v. Abrams

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing a pattern in multiple cases from various jurisdictions that “regularity or irregularity of the initial process is irrelevant”
• \[T]here must be an act after filing suit using legal process empowered by that suit to accomplish an end not within the purview of the suit.\
• nonlawyer who undertakes role of lawyer \assumes the duties and responsibilities [of a lawyer] and is accountable to the same standards of ethics and legal knowledge.\
• nonlawyer who undertakes role of lawyer “assumes the duties and responsibilities [of a lawyer] and is accountable to the same standards of ethics and legal knowledge.”
• “[Tjhere must be an act after filing suit using legal process empowered by that suit to accomplish an end not within the purview of the suit.”
• parties failed to comply with mandatory local court rule, leaving trial court unable to impose discovery sanctions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).