Dyotherm Corporation v. Turbo MacHine Company

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “[d]ismissal is a harsh sanction which should be resorted to only in extreme cases”
• explaining that prejudice includes, inter alia, “the inevitable dimming of witnesses’ memories,” and “the excessive and possibly irremediable burdens or costs imposed on the opposing party”
• “Dismissal of a complaint for want of prosecution is within the court’s sound discretion.”
• finding of contempt and $25 fine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).