Hutchins v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Rule 41(b) powers allow the Court to “ensure the expeditious handling of cases”
• stating that a sanction of dismissal may be appropriate “where a litigant exhibits ‘a pattern of intentional delay.’”
• treating a party’s “persistent failure to cooperate and their disregard of” court orders as evidence of willfulness in the context of a dismissal for failure to prosecute
• treating a party’s “persistent failure to cooperate and their disregard of” court orders as evidence of willfulness in the context of a dismissal for failure to prosecute
• “A district court has the power to dismiss a litigant’s cause of action when the litigant fails to comply with the court’s orders.”
• “A district court has the power to dismiss a litigant’s cause of action when the litigant fails to comply with the court’s orders.”’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).