Weiner v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that dismissal is warranted upon a “clear record of delay or willful contempt and a finding that lesser sanctions would not suffice”
• observing that the district court “would also have been justified in dismissing this action under Rule 16(f) . . . to punish counsel for his disregard of the court’s orders to submit a preliminary statement” after affirming sanction of dismissal
• explaining dismissal with prejudice is considered a “sanction of last resort”
• explaining dismissal with prejudice is considered a “sanction of last resort”
• explaining dismissal with prejudice is considered a “sanction of last resort”
• explaining dismissal with prejudice is considered a “sanction of last resort”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).