Cable America, Inc. v. Pace Electronics, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a trial court can abuse its discretion where its ruling rests on an error of law
• trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing fifth amended complaint that “suggest[ed] multiple causes of action” but failed to properly identify or segregate them
• “ ‘[L]ittle turns *** on whether we label review of this particular question abuse of discretion or de novo, for an abuse-of-discretion standard does not mean a mistake of law is beyond appellate correction.’ ” (quoting Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81, 100 (1996))

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  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-10-29· cited 16×
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  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-07-09· cited 14×
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  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-01-27· cited 3×
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Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Koon v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-13· cited 3,761×
• Sander v. Dow Chemical Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 125×
• General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Stoval
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-06-29· cited 54×
• Fair Automotive Repair, Inc. v. Car-X Service System, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-10-26· cited 47×
• Barry Mogul & Associates, Inc. v. Terrestris Development Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-11-21· cited 45×
• Kandalepas v. Economou
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-12-30· cited 27×
• Owen Wagener & Co. v. U.S. Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-06-30· cited 24×
• Rubino v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-09-21· cited 23×
• Hartshorn v. State Farm Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-10-31· cited 22×
• Smith v. Heissinger
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-03-06· cited 22×
• Nicholson v. Chicago Bar Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-08-11· cited 19×
• Stevenson v. Maston
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-03-06· cited 14×
• City of West Chicago v. Clark
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-03-29· cited 12×
• Wong v. Stevens
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-28· cited 6×
• Harchut v. OCE/Bruning, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-30· cited 5×