Legal Opinion
Eartha Lorraine Bluitt v. Arco Chemical Company, a Division of Atlantic Richfield Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1985No. 84-2705PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Eartha Lorraine Bluitt appeals from the district court’s order dismissing with prejudice her employment discrimination case. Pursuant to rules 37(b)(2), 26(f) and 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the district court found that Bluitt and her counsel willfully and contumaciously failed to comply with the court’s orders concerning discovery, and that she answered interrogatories propounded to her evasively and in bad faith. Because the district courts are imparted discretion in deciding such matters, we may alter such a dismissal only if we find that…
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- Grace K. Emerick and James L. Emerick, Sr. v. Fenick Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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