In the Matter of James W. MacMeekin Barbara A. MacMeekin Debtors. Lois Burns, Frederick Kuckuck, and Stelmir & Co. v. James W. MacMeekin

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• concluding that district court’s mere description of counsel’s conduct as “‘inexcusable neglect’” and “a ‘conscious failure to comply’ with discovery” does not adequately provide reviewing court with rationale for lower court’s decision
• requiring district courts to rule out alternative remedies noting “[t]he brunt of the order [to dismiss] falls on plaintiffs, who have been deprived of the opportunity to litigate their case on the merits, when the only culpable party may well be their attorney”

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