Legal Opinion
Bankr. L. Rep. P 77,252 Kovilic Construction Co., Inc. v. Damir Missbrenner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1997No. 96-2475PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
There is no question that procedural rules are important and that infractions of those rules should not be tolerated by the courts. Otherwise, the rules themselves will not be taken seriously, and eventually they may exist in name only, honored in the breach. On the other hand, the same range of potential penalties is not available for every rule, for the simple reasons that rules express policies of differing importance, the need to deter noncompliance varies, and the consequences of failures to comply differ. In this ease, we must decide whether summary reversal…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bank of Nova Scotia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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