Rivero v. Rivero

How courts have described this case

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

• sustaining an award of attorney’s fees for dilatory tactics during the litigation and \general obstinacy unconnected with the merits of the case\
• “[Ajdvocacy simply for the sake of burdening an opponent with unnecessary expenditures of time and effort clearly warrants recompense for the extra outlays attributable thereto.”
• fee award against unsuccessful counterclaimants upheld where they had engaged in dilatory tactics during extensive discovery and courtroom hearings
• “While the presence of merit in a claim or defense may well negate any notion of bad faith in its filing, it certainly cannot justify abuse of the judicial process in the methodology of its prosecution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).