Smith v. Gold Dust Casino

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the punishment should fit the crime, and not every instance of failure to comply with an order of [the] court, however inexcusable, justifies total extinction of a client's cause of action”
• reviewing a Rule 41(b) dismissal for an abuse of discretion and the underlying factual findings for clear error
• reviewing factual finding of failure to prosecute for clear error while reviewing decision to dismiss as sanction for failure to prosecute for abuse of discretion
• encouraging courts to warn litigants of the potential of dismissal before dismissing a case under Rule 41(b)
• outlining requirements for dismissal with prejudice as a sanction under Rule 41(b)
• reviewing dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) for abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).