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Seventh Circuit· 12/30/2016

Ramirez v. T&H Lemont, Inc.

Citations

  • 845 F.3d 772
  • 100 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,714
  • 96 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 409
  • 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 23404
  • 129 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1413

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the preponderance of evidence standard should apply to terminating 4 sanctions
  • “[Falsifying evidence to secure á court victory” constitutes a fraud on the court because it “undermines the most basic foundations of our judicial system.”
  • rejecting a clear-and-convincing evidence requirement for sanctions im- posed under both Rule 37 and the court’s inherent authority
  • imposing sanctions where the plaintiff paid witnesses to testify in his favor at a deposition
  • presumption in federal civil case that burden is proof by a preponderance of the evidence
  • \[W]itness tampering is among the most grave abuses of the judicial process . . . .\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Easterbrook, Rovner, Royner, Sykes

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