Morton v. Continental Baking Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that \a party's conduct merits sanctions under rule 37 if any of the following circumstances are found:\ (1) wilifulness; (2) bad faith; (3) some fault; or (4) persistent dilatory tactics (emphasis added) (citations omitted)
• affirming the trial court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims under rule 37(b)(2)(C) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure
• affirming dismissal of action for failure to respond after the trial court granted a motion to compel discovery
• \A trial judge is given a great deal of latitude in determining the most fair and efficient manner to conduct court business.\
• “Once the [district] court determines that sanctions are appropriate, the choice of an appropriate discovery sanction is primarily the responsibility of the trial judge.” (quotation simplified)
• \(Discovery sanctions are warranted if] (1) the party's behavior was willful; (2) the party has acted in bad faith; (8) the court can attribute some fault to the party; or (4) the party has engaged in persistent dilatory tactics tending to frustrate the judicial process.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Daniels v. Gamma West Brachytherapy, LLC
  Utah Supreme Court· 2009-10-02· cited 82×
• State v. Arguelles
  Utah Supreme Court· 2003-01-14· cited 68×
• Bodell Construction Co. v. Robbins
  Utah Supreme Court· 2009-08-04· cited 54×
• Gorostieta v. Parkinson
  Utah Supreme Court· 2000-12-15· cited 52×
• Goggin v. Goggin
  Utah Supreme Court· 2013-03-15· cited 42×
• Ockey v. Club Jam
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2014-06-05· cited 41×
• State v. Rhinehart
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2006-12-29· cited 25×
• PC Crane Service, LLC v. McQueen Masonry, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2012-03-01· cited 22×
• Stevenett v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1999-03-18· cited 20×
• Preston & Chambers, P.C. v. Koller
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1997-07-31· cited 18×
• Allen v. Ciokewicz
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2012-06-01· cited 18×
• Wright v. Wright
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1997-07-03· cited 16×
• Welsh v. Hospital Corp. of Utah
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2010-06-24· cited 15×
• Tuck v. Godfrey
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1999-04-22· cited 14×
• Hales v. Oldroyd
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2000-03-16· cited 13×
• In Re Affidavit of Bias
  Utah Supreme Court· 1997-06-06· cited 13×
• R.O.A. General, Inc. v. Chung Ji Dai
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2014-05-30· cited 13×
• Spafford v. Granite Credit Union
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2011-11-25· cited 12×
• In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph R. Wilcock (Wilcock v. Wilcock)
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2012-08-16· cited 11×
• Cazares v. Cosby
  Utah Supreme Court· 2003-02-14· cited 9×

Cites

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

• National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 2,202×
• John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western Germany
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-08-15· cited 820×
• Kenneth Ray Meade v. Grubbs, Badge No. 128, Individually and as a Deputy Sheriff of the County of Oklahoma
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-03-11· cited 804×
• Sam L. CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-12-29· cited 362×
• Gus Poulos and A.G.P. Marketing v. Naas Foods, Incorporated and Ranks, Hovis, McDougall Plc Group (Rhm Holdings U.S.A. Incorporated)
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-03-18· cited 321×
• Albert Flaksa v. Little River Marine Construction Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-02-08· cited 260×
• Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Richards & Associates, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-04-10· cited 199×
• United States v. National Medical Enterprises, Inc., and Nme Hospitals, Inc., Defendants
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-09· cited 190×
• Tyrone SILAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-12-14· cited 165×
• Lolatchy v. Arthur Murray, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-04-21· cited 151×
• Malautea v. Suzuki Motor Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1993-04-09· cited 149×
• TITUS, Thomas E., Appellant, v. MERCEDES BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA
  Third Circuit· 1982-12-17· cited 146×
• Donnelly v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1982-05-03· cited 123×
• United States v. Pole No. 3172, Hopkinton, Etc., Appeal of Alice Gazda, Ida Ambrosio and Charles Fogarty
  First Circuit· 1988-07-29· cited 103×
• Amica Mutual Insurance Co. v. Schettler
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-01-12· cited 86×
• Frederick A. Carter v. Albert Einstein Medical Center
  Third Circuit· 1986-11-06· cited 83×
• Luis Felipe Velazquez-Rivera v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1990-12-18· cited 83×
• M.E.N. Co. v. Control Fluidics, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1987-12-03· cited 82×
• Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Johnny Segona, D/B/A Highway 190 Truck Stop and as Truckem Up Paradise
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-16· cited 70×
• Patterson v. Township of Grand Blanc
  Sixth Circuit· 1985-04-24· cited 67×