Perna v. Electronic Data Systems, Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• dismissing contract enforcement action after plaintiff, during a lunch break in a discovery conference, obtained and copied documents that fell from opposing counsel’s briefcase
• “The assessment of costs and fees alone would be conveying a message to litigants that money could cure one’s improper acts.”
• “When appropriate, the court may use its inherent power to prevent the perpetration of a fraud upon the court.”
• party sanctioned for misconduct with an adverse jury instruction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).