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· 3/11/1977

Richard Pease v. John Duane Peters and Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Citations

  • 550 F.2d 698
  • 23 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 207
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 14343

How courts have described this case

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  • without mentioning ill-motive, upholding dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) for failure of counsel to appear on trial date
  • dismissal with prejudice by the trial court for lack of prosecution is not only expressly authorized under Rule 41(b), F.R.Civ.P., but comes within the inherent power of a trial judge
  • upholding dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) for failure to prosecute

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Judges: Coffin, Campbell, Bownes

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