Downs v. Westphal

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that pro se litigants do not have “unbridled license to disregard clearly communicated court orders,” or to “choose which of the court’s rules and orders [they] will follow, and which [they] will willfully disregard”
• stressing that “being a pro se litigant does not give a party unbridled license to disregard clearly communicated court orders,” or to “choose which of the court’s rules and orders it will follow, and which it will wilfully disregard”
• “being a pro se litigant does not give a party unbridled license to disregard clearly communicated court orders,” or to “choose which of the court's rules and orders it will follow”
• “pro se litigants are not entitled to a general dispensation from the rules of procedure”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Estates of Ungar & Ungar v. Palestinian Authority
  D. Rhode Island· 2004-07-12· cited 27×
• DJM Logistics, Incorporated v. FedEx Ground Package System, I
  Seventh Circuit· 2022-07-06· cited 17×
• Mitchell, George v. Union Pacific
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-09-05

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 7,192×
• National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 2,202×
• Gregory C. Jones, for the Estate of Barbara S. McEwen v. Sandra Lee Phipps, A/K/A Sandra R. Phipps
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-11-02· cited 250×
• Raymond Homola v. Paul McNamara
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-07-05· cited 145×
• Downs v. Westphal
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-03-22· cited 84×
• Hal Commodity Cycles Management Co., an Arizona Corporation v. Riva Kirsh
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-07-29· cited 59×
• Levin v. Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Commission Of Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-02-20· cited 37×
• Profile Gear Corporation v. Foundry Allied Industries, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-07-16· cited 19×