HM Electronics, Inc. v. R.F. Technologies, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is well-established that parties to litigation may bargain away sanctions designed to compensate the parties themselves.”
• “[I]f the sanction primarily aims to vindicate the authority of the court 26 by punishing the offending party, the sanction is punitive”; reversing award of 27 compensatory sanctions awarded to party that bargained away its right to recoup attorney’s fees and costs
• discussing compensatory versus punitive sanctions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 4,510×
• Spencer v. Kemna
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-03· cited 3,515×
• Powell v. McCormack
  Supreme Court· 1969-10-13· cited 3,053×
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-01· cited 3,033×
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1997-03-03· cited 2,323×
• Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-30· cited 2,306×
• Church of Scientology of California v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-16· cited 1,710×
• North Carolina v. Rice
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-14· cited 1,338×
• International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 1,242×
• U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall Partnership
  Supreme Court· 1994-11-08· cited 1,229×
• Willy v. Coastal Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-03· cited 616×
• Hall v. Beals
  Supreme Court· 1969-12-08· cited 608×
• B.K.B., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Maui Police Department, County of Maui, County of Maui, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-02-20· cited 506×
• Wolfson v. Brammer
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-13· cited 317×
• Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. William G. Gordon, and State of Oregon, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-23· cited 204×
• Goldin v. Bartholow
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-01-26· cited 156×
• Steven Mark Lasar v. Ford Motor Company, and Lawrence Sutter
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-03· cited 146×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1985-01-31· cited 131×
• Arnold B. Griffin v. Steven Davies and Attorney General of the State of Kansas
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-03-29· cited 80×
• Sample v. Johnson
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-10-25· cited 62×