Hobbs v. Clements

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that sanction of precluding party from damages portion of trial was excessive
• holding that sanction of precluding party from damages portion of trial was excessive
• noting that in default judgment, defaulting party is deemed to admit liability and then plaintiff must introduce evidence of non-liquidated damages
• noting that in default judgment, defaulting party is deemed to admit liability and then plaintiff must introduce evidence of non- liquidated damages
• stating that decision by court of appeals becomes law of case in trial court and court of appeals
• observing that “default judgments may generally be categorized as pre- or post-answer” but “other variations exist”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).