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· 11/23/1987

Joe Putnam v. David Morris

Citations

  • 833 F.2d 903
  • 9 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 977
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 15305

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that although a dismissal for failure to serve complaint timely is without prejudice, it may \operate as a dismissal with prejudice when the action will be time-barred\
  • noting that the good cause and excusable neglect standards are interrelated
  • dismissal for failure to serve within time period may operate as dismissal with prejudice when action will be time-barred
  • “Dismissal for failure to serve within the time period is without prejudice. It may, however, operate as a dismissal with prejudice when the action will be time-barred.”

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Judges: Seymour, Tacha, Baldock

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