Murphy v. Simpson

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the Sixth Circuit requires sanctions “for discovery violations in connection with Rule 26(a) unless the violations were harmless or were substantially justified.”
• upholding a sanction of dismissal and noting that “another discovery order would only needlessly multiply the proceedings”
• “Rule 37 is written in mandatory terms and is designed to provide a strong inducement for disclosure of Rule 26(a) material.” (citation and internal-quotation marks omitted)
• “Rule 37 is written in mandatory terms and is designed to provide a strong inducement for disclosure of Rule 26(a) material.”
• “[The Sixth] Circuit has established that Rule 37(c)(1) mandates that a trial court sanction a party for discovery violations in connection with Rule 26(a) unless the violations were harmless or were substantially justified.”
• “[The Sixth] Circuit has established that Rule 37(c)(1) mandates that a trial court sanction a party for discovery violations in connection with Rule 26(a) unless the violations were harmless or were substantially justified.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).