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· 2/19/1974

Dallas v. Vincent

Citations

  • 415 U.S. 929
  • 94 S. Ct. 1440

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding default judgment where defendants failed to respond to notices sent by the court and failed to appear at the show cause hearing
  • affirming prejudice when, inter alia, a key witness had disappeared, and the non-moving party would have difficulty reconstructing its documentary evidence
  • affirming default judgment based on defendants’ failure to appear at hearings and respond to notices sent by the court
  • finding default judgment proper where defendant did not appear at show cause hearing and did not respond to certified notices sent by court
  • upholding default judgment where a defendant knew that a suit was pending against it but never informed his attorney nor the court of his whereabouts, drawing a reasonable conclusion that he was deliberately avoiding process
  • affirming default judgment based on defendants’ failure to participate in litigation

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