Chain Chio Fong v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the duty to preserve evidence applies to computers even after they crash
• noting that courts should “impose the least harsh sanction that can provide an adequate remedy”
• explaining that the court can adopt a recommended dispositive sanction only after de novo review
• awarding “reasonably attorney’s fees and costs in connection with the spoliation dispute”
• “To fully correct the prejudice to [defendant] from [plaintiffs] spoliation, the [c]ourt also orders [plaintiff and its attorney] to pay [defendant’s] reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in connection with the spoliation dispute”
• “To fully correct the prejudice to BRJ from Dorchester's spoliation, the Court also orders Dorchester and Morrow to pay BRJ's reasonable attorney's fees and costs in connection with the spoliation dispute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).