Clark E. Johnson v. The Levy Organization Development Company, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that courts are to construe federal rules \liberally\ and not turn them into traps for the unwary
• upholding trial court’s ruling denying plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint where summary judgment had been entered against him and there was no case or controversy pending before the court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vicom, Inc. v. Harbridge Merchant Services, Inc., as Successor in Interest to Peach Tree Bancard Corporation, Judy Elliot, James Elliot
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-04-05· cited 659×
• Howard Shlay v. James Montgomery, Harold Washington & City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-09-30· cited 108×
• Don Serpas, Raymond Johnson and Carl Waters, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Charles E. Schmidt
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-07-17· cited 45×
• In Re: Doctors Hospital of Hyde Park, Inc., Debtor. Appeal Of: Daiwa Special Asset Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-07-28· cited 37×
• Puleo v. McGladrey & Pullen
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-08-21· cited 16×
• Dennis W. Hoornstra v. United States of America, and the State of Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-08-03· cited 12×
• Bengar v. Clark Equipment Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-04-07· cited 12×
• Don Serpas, Raymond Johnson and Carl Waters, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Charles E. Schmidt
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-12-19· cited 11×
• Hudson v. McClaskey
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-01-16· cited 6×
• Leeper Electric Services, Inc. v. City of Carmel
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-05-15· cited 5×
• Narowetz Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Economy Mechanical Industries, Inc. (In Re Narowetz Mechanical Contractors, Inc.)
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-04-14· cited 4×
• 1400 Museum Park Condominium Ass'n v. Kenny Construction Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-08-05· cited 4×
• Everett v. BRP-Powertrain, GMBH & Co. KG
  E.D. Wisconsin· 2017-10-11· cited 2×
• Daiwa Special Asset v. State of Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-07-28
• Casimir R Starsiak, Jr. v. Janette T Starsiak
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2024-11-04
• Taliyah Brooks v. USA Track & Field, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2025-12-17

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Car Carriers, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company and Nu-Car Carriers, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-10-30· cited 1,241×
• John H. Freeman, Jr., D/B/A Freeman Electric Gin Company v. Continental Gin Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1967-10-20· cited 314×
• American Nurses' Association v. State of Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-04-04· cited 272×
• Philip Joseph Twohy, Jr. v. The First National Bank of Chicago
  First Circuit· 1985-03-29· cited 175×
• Martinez v. Trainor
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-04-25· cited 165×
• John S. Terket v. Harold Lund
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-06-06· cited 128×
• Sunstream Jet Express, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. International Air Service Co., Ltd., a California Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-06-27· cited 107×
• Schiro v. W. E. Gould & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-01-22· cited 106×
• Warshawsky & Company v. Arcata National Corporation and Arcata Graphics Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-04-15· cited 83×
• United States Labor Party v. John J. Oremus, Individually and in His Capacity as President of the Village of Bridgeview
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-06-18· cited 72×
• Charles G. Erff v. Markhon Industries, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-01-16· cited 70×
• Erwin M. Swam v. United States of America, William Barry, Robert A. Hanselman and Jay G. Philpott
  Seventh Circuit· 1964-02-26· cited 67×
• Libertyville Datsun Sales, Inc. v. Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A.
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-11-04· cited 67×
• Pecora v. Szabo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-02-25· cited 64×
• First Financial Insurance v. Purolator Security, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-02-22· cited 48×
• Adron P. Brainerd v. Warren W. Beal and Robert O. Dunn
  Seventh Circuit· 1974-05-20· cited 26×
• Jones v. EAGLE II
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-07-31· cited 24×
• Storybook Homes, Inc. v. Carlson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-05-27· cited 22×
• Victor Maneikis v. Wilmer C. Jordan
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-05-18· cited 20×
• Sudeikis v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-02-14· cited 14×