Legal Opinion
Familias Unidas v. Briscoe
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1976No. 75-1205PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN,
District Judge:
In an appeal from the Western District of Texas, appellants originally sought relief at law and in equity, as well as statutory relief, to safeguard certain constitutional rights they alleged were violated and deprived by appellees. The case comes to us with no decision on the merits, save denials of both a temporary restraining order and a request to convene a three-judge district court.
The lower court granted appellees’ motion to dismiss under Rule 37(b)(2)(C), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for appellants’ failure to comply with a prior discovery order…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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