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Appellate Court of Illinois· 11/27/1996

Bidani v. Lewis

Citations

  • 675 N.E.2d 647
  • 285 Ill. App. 3d 545
  • 221 Ill. Dec. 452

How courts have described this case

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

  • commenting that the doctrine \`estops a party from playing \fast and loose\ with the court'\
  • commenting that the doctrine “ ‘estops a party from playing “fast and loose” with the court’ ”
  • commenting that the doctrine “ ‘estops a party from playing “fast and loose” with the court’ ”
  • doctrine of judicial estoppel precludes one party from adopting contrary positions in consecutive legal proceedings
  • “Judicial estoppel provides that a party who assumes a particular position in a legal proceeding is estopped from assuming a contrary position in a subsequent legal proceeding”
  • a court should apply the doctrine of judicial estoppel “cautiously” and “only when not to do so would result in an injustice”

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Judges: Cerda

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