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· 9/18/1998

Scattered Corp. v. Midwest Clearing Corp.

Citations

  • 702 N.E.2d 167
  • 299 Ill. App. 3d 653
  • 234 Ill. Dec. 1
  • 1998 Ill. App. LEXIS 625

How courts have described this case

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

  • interpreting paragraph (e) in light of paragraph (c)’s standard of “unreasonable noncompliance”
  • trial court erred in imposing expenses for voluntary dismissal because it made no finding of misconduct or unreasonable noncompliance with any court order
  • “Rule 219(e) targets those strategic and tactical litigation decisions which, having crossed the line of vigorous advocacy, become decisions aimed no longer at besting the opposing party but rather at undermining the integrity of the judicial system.”
  • purposes behind Rule 219(c) and Rule 219(e) are similar
  • answering the question in the affirmative

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Judges: Theis, Hoffman, Hourihane

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