Ockert v. Union Barge Line Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that voluntary dismissal is “an increasingly burdensome matter to one’s opponent” after an answer is filed and case preparation progresses
• denying motion to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice where the case was pending for nearly two years
• upholding “the refusal of the trial judge to permit the plaintiff to back out. .. and begin all over again”
• denying motion to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice where the case was pending for nearly two years
• denying motion to voluntarily dismiss without prejudice where the case was pending for nearly two years
• focusing on the efforts already expended on the case by defendant’s lawyer

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).