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· 4/27/1994

Connie M. Tolle v. Carroll Touch, Inc.

Citations

  • 23 F.3d 174
  • 28 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1233
  • 28 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1347
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 9333
  • 1994 WL 153683

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining a district court “has the discretionary power to deny a plaintiff’s request to voluntarily dismiss a claim without prejudice”
  • unfavorable rulings by the district court are not an acceptable basis to grant voluntary dismissal
  • voluntary dismissal properly denied where case had been pending for 4 years, discovery had been 4 completed for 22 months, and district court had granted partial summary judgment
  • “Unfavorable rulings by the district court is not an acceptable basis to grant Tolle’s voluntary dismissal or to facilitate the search for a perceivably more favorable [] judicial climate.”
  • it is within the court’s discretion to dismiss a case with prejudice

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Judges: Cudahy, Coffey, Norgle

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