Legal Opinion
Frank Burden v. Thomas Larry Yates and Marion H. Reece
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1981No. 80-7349PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
The district court dismissed this case because of the plaintiff’s failure to comply with an order of the court. We reverse and remand.
I
Frank Burden filed this Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act case, 15 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq. (1976), on April 17, 1979. He appeals because the district court dismissed that suit when he failed to comply with a pretrial order. Appellant’s actions in this case reveal, at best, a sorely deficient approach to litigation. We shall describe briefly the appellant’s behavior.
On three successive occasions appellant failed to obey the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Clayton E. Durham v. Florida East Coast Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Willie E. BOAZMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ECONOMICS LABORATORY, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Herman GONZALEZ, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Linda Roberta POND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INCORPORATED, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Ollie Mae Brown and Margaret Brown v. Allen C. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by102 opinions
- Edward Donald McCullough v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Quality Foods De Centro America, S.A. And Duroparts De El Salvador, S.A. v. Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Gemeral Earnest Berry, Jr. v. Cigna/rsi-CignaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Jurldine A. Donaldson v. Paul v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Sam ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KROGER COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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