Link v. Wabash Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• noting that district court’s authority to dismiss for lack of prosecution is necessary to prevent undue delays in the disposition of pending cases and avoid congestion in district court calendars
• authority to dismiss for failure to prosecute necessary to avoid undue delay in disposing of cases and congestion in court calendars
• authority to dismiss for failure to prosecute necessary to avoid undue 6 delay in disposing of cases and congestion in court calendars
• “The authority of a federal trial court to dismiss a plaintiff’s action with prejudice because of his failure to prosecute cannot seriously be doubted.”
• “The authority of a federal trial court to dismiss a plaintiff’s action with prejudice because of his failure to prosecute cannot seriously be doubted.”
• “The authority of a federal trial court to dismiss a plaintiffs action with prejudice because of his failure to prosecute cannot seriously be doubted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).