Michael Sidney Luft v. Crown Publishers, Inc., Audiofidelity Enterprises, Inc., Appeal of Daniel Pugliese

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• citing, inter alia, Nat'l Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc., 427 U.S. 639, 642 (1976) (per curiam)
• “the desire to settle, though laudable, does not excuse a deliberate failure to comply with the express orders of the court.”
• the decision to impose a particular discovery sanction \is committed to the sound discretion of the district court and may not be reversed absent an abuse of that discretion\
• the decision to impose a particular discovery sanction \is committed to the sound discretion of the district court and may not be reversed absent an abuse of that discretion\
• “[A] sanction so drastic as striking an answer or entering a default judgment is not ordinarily imposed unless the disobedience has been willful, or in bad faith, or otherwise culpable.”

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