Robert I. Powell v. Eugene M. Zuckert

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a sixteen-month delay in filing a lawsuit \is not generally considered enough time to warrant a finding of laches\
• explaining that a sixteen-month delay in filing a lawsuit “is not generally considered enough time to warrant a finding of laches”
• collecting cases where laches defenses were denied for delays of 14 months and 32 months
• “Of course, laches serves other purposes collaterally, if not directly, including minimization of the disruption and expense caused by affording certain relief.”
• action to recover duties on imported liquors; judgment set aside because based on illegal evidence
• “The prejudice normally contemplated in applying laches ... stems from such factors as loss of evidence and unavailability of witnesses, which diminish a defendant’s chances of success.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).