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· 5/6/1939

Commissioner v. Whitcomb

Citations

  • 103 F.2d 1009
  • 22 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1169
  • 1939 U.S. App. LEXIS 3726
  • 22 A.F.T.R. (RIA) 1169

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that trial court’s finding that defendants acted in conscious disregard of their discovery obligations was “sufficiently concise and based on clear evidence” so as to amount to the bad faith sufficient to support sanctions under the court’s inherent authority
  • concluding that trial court’s finding that defendants acted in conscious disregard of their discovery obligations was “sufficiently concise and based on clear evidence” so as to amount to the bad faith sufficient to support sane- tions under the court’s inherent authority.
  • finding of bad faith required when an attorney has acted on behalf of his or her client in such a way that evidences a “conscious disregard of ... discovery obligations.”
  • “a court should rarely disturb a jury’s evaluation of a witness’s credibility”

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Judges: Ant, Hicks, Simons

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