Hoey v. Hawkins

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “a trial decision should result from a disinterested search for truth from all the available evidence rather than tactical maneuvers based on the calculated manipulation of evidence and its production” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding a party’s “failure to update responses short-circuits [the discovery] mechanism and lays the groundwork for trial by ambush,” and warning that to permit such tactics “would be to condone the surprise-advantage” gained by flouting discovery rules
• “[A] trial decision should result from a disinterested search for truth from all the available evidence . . . .”
• “Discovery and pretrial practices usually result in the narrowing and clarifying of issues so as to shorten trials and to bring about a greater degree of clarity and justice in the presentation of facts to juries.”
• “Discovery and pretrial practices usually result in the narrowing and clarifying of issues so as to shorten trials and to bring about a greater degree of clarity and justice in the presentation of facts to juries.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Norquay v. Union Pacific Railroad
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1987-06-05· cited 106×
• Concord Towers, Inc. v. Long
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-11-24· cited 13×
• Martin v. Med-Dev Corporation and Finley
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-10-27
• White v. Curo Texas Holding, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-02-21
• In re Examworks Group, Inc. Stockholder Appraisal Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-02-21
• In re Delaware Public Schools Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-05-08
• Alberts v. All About Women, P.A.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2020-11-10
• Alberts v. All About Women, P.A.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2020-11-24
• Barbara Thompson v. William E. Barrow
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2025-09-26
• MKE Holdings, Ltd. and David W. Bergevin v. Kevin Schwartz
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2026-03-11

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co.
  Supreme Court· 1933-05-29· cited 220×
• Olszewski v. Howell
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1969-04-11· cited 16×
• Young v. Saroukos
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1963-03-11· cited 14×