Legal Opinion
Automated Datatron, Inc. v. Kenneth H. Woodcock
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 8, 1981No. 80-1827PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
*1169GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing, in June 1980, a count of the defendant’s counterclaim because the defendant failed to comply with the trial court’s December 1979 order to join as a defendant to the counterclaim a party needed for just adjudication. We conclude that, in the particular circumstances presented, further tolerance on the part of the district judge was not required. The court had earlier…
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