Legal Opinion
Sara Lee Braun, Individually and as of the Estate of Norman Braun, Deceased v. Lorillard Incorporated and Hollingsworth & Vose Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 1996No. 95-4094PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Concerns with the abuse of the litigation process are being voiced ever more loudly. There are grounds for these concerns, but at least with respect to the federal courts of this circuit the concerns are exaggerated. Most of the district judges and other front-line federal judicial officers in this circuit exercise firm control over the conduct of litigation in a generally successful effort to prevent litigation from getting out of hand in point of delay or expense, or from being degraded by “junk science,” appeals to prejudice, runaway jury verdicts, and other justly…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Raymond Rosen v. Ciba-Geigy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Alisha Bronk and Monica Jay v. Bernhard IneichenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Billy D. Bammerlin v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Glenn E. Tagatz v. Marquette UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Malletier v. Dooney & Bourke, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2007
- Wessmann v. GittensCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Anthony Tyus v. Urban Search ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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