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document is signed violation in Illinois

6 Illinois opinions name it 1 courts 1999–2025 2 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Dismuke v. Rand Cook Auto Sales, Inc.green
illappct · 2007 · cited in 2 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2018–2019
2 sentences

2019Dismuke v. Rand Cook Auto Sales, Inc., 378 Ill.

2018Dismuke v. Rand Cook Auto Sales, Inc. , 378 Ill.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Mitchell v. Fiat-Allis, Inc. green
ill · 1994
2 sentences

2019We urge the supreme court to substitute gender-neutral language.) Rule 137 further provides that if a document is signed in violation of this rule, the court, either on a motion or its own initiative, may impose on the person who signed it “an appropriate sanction, which may include an order to pay to the other party or parties the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of the filing of the pleading, motion or other document, including a reasonable attorney fee.” Id. ¶ 66 The supreme court designed Rule 137 to prevent abuse of the judicial process by sanctioning parties who file vexati

2018We urge the supreme court to substitute gender-neutral language.) Rule 137 further provides that if a document is signed in violation of this rule, the court, either on a motion or its own initiative, may impose on the person who signed it "an appropriate sanction, which may include an order to pay to the other party or parties the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of the filing of the pleading, motion or other document, including a reasonable attorney fee." Id. ¶ 66 The supreme court designed Rule 137 to prevent abuse of the judicial process by sanctioning parties who file vexati

22018–2019
Bachmann v. Kent green
illappct · 1997
2 sentences

1999Bachmann, 293 Ill.App.3d at 1086-87 , 228 Ill.Dec. 299 , 689 N.E.2d 171 .

1999Bachmann, 293 Ill.App.3d at 1086-87 , 228 Ill.Dec. 299 , 689 N.E.2d 171 .

21999–1999
Lake Environmental, Inc. v. Arnold green
ill · 2015
1 sentence

2025“If the rule is violated, the court may, upon motion or its own initiative, impose sanctions upon the individual who signed the filing, the represented party, or both.” Lake Environmental, Inc. v. Arnold, 2015 IL 118110, ¶ 13 .

12025–2025
Blount v. Stroud green
illappct · 2009
1 sentence

2025Jan. 1, 2018) provides that pleadings, motions, or other documents must be signed by a party or attorney and that the signature “constitutes a certificate by him that *** to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good-faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and that it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.” Additionally, Rule 137 provides that if a

12025–2025
Mueller v. Phar-Mor, Inc. green
illappct · 2000
1 sentence

2023Id.

12023–2023

Where else courts name it

MI 14 (2014–2026) IL 6 (1999–2025) IA 4 (2009–2020)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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