Legal Opinion
Bon Air Hotel, Inc. v. Time, Inc., and Dan Jenkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1967No. 23371_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, District Judge:
The action is one for libel based on an article published by Time, Inc., and written by Dan Jenkins, which appeared in the April 6, 1964 issue of Sports Illustrated. The vital question on this appeal is whether the District Judge properly exercised his powers under Rule 37(d) by dismissing the complaint because of the failure of the plaintiff to comply with an order of that Court to produce a certain party as a witness for the purpose of giving his deposition as an officer of the plaintiff (a bankrupt) corporation. 1 We decide only that on this record dismissal of the…
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