Howard v. Risch

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that before a court may dismiss a case for fraud, it must have an evidentiary basis to do so
• “Because dismissal is the most severe of all possible sanctions, ... it should be employed only in extreme circumstances.”
• “Although the fact a witness or party was convicted of a crime may be relevant and admissible for impeachment purposes, the nature of the crime or any details about the crime are generally inadmissible.”
• “Although the fact a witness or party was convicted of a crime may be relevant and admissible for impeachment purposes, the nature of the crime or any details about the crime are generally inadmissible.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).