Eyman v. McDonough District Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• noting “a breach of contract claim is an action at law and is not a proper subject for a declaratory judgment”
• “a breach of contract claim is an action at law and is not a proper subject for a declaratory judgment”
• “The declaratory judgment procedure allows parties to a dispute to learn the consequences of their action before acting.”
• plaintiff had already “embarked on a course of conduct” and, therefore, was not seeking to learn the consequences of actions before acting; claim for declaratory relief not proper
• plaintiff had already \embarked on a course of conduct\ and, therefore, was -11- 1-13-3781 not seeking to learn the consequences of actions before acting; claim for declaratory relief not proper
• “The central purpose of the declaratory judgment procedure is to allow the court to address a controversy one step sooner than normal after a dispute has arisen, but before steps are taken which would give rise to a claim for damages or other relief’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).