· 10/18/2004
Versa Products, Inc. v. Home Depot, USA, Inc.
Citations
- 387 F.3d 1325
- 59 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1166
- 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21591
- 2004 WL 2335196
How courts have described this case
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- holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in placing conditions on the voluntary dismissal that protected defendant from prejudice
- holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in placing a condition on a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2) that, upon refiling, the plaintiff must pay the attorneys’ fees and costs of the defendant
- upholding refiling restriction requiring plaintiff to refile only in the Northern District of Georgia
- discussing the high bar of legal prejudice in opposing voluntary dismissal
- “Ordinarily a plaintiff cannot appeal an order granting a voluntary dismissal without prejudice under Rule 41(a)(2)” because the dismissal “does not qualify as an involuntary adverse judgment so far as the plaintiff is concerned.”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Marcus, Pryor
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