Lopez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “causes should be tried on their merits” and that “depriving parties of their day in court is a penalty that should be avoided”
• recognizing court’s authority to dismiss under the Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 37(b), for willful failure to comply with discovery, but holding that the evidence did not support a finding of such failure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).