Shirrell v. Missouri Edison Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming a circuit court which refused to dismiss for failure to prosecute two-and-a-half years after filing, but eventually did dismiss four-and-a-half years after filing
• affirming dismissal after delay in bringing the case to trial for 4½ years
• cause pending less than four years, discovery complete, plaintiffs attorney had heart attack; dismissal upheld by Missouri Supreme Court
• appellate court reviews discretionary ruling under abuse of discretion standard
• dismissed four-and-a-half years after suit was filed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).