Legal Opinion
Resolution Trust Corporation v. North Bridge Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 2, 1994No. 93-1932, 93-2001PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In one corner, the plaintiff, a government agency, having won by a knockout in the court below, asserts that this is a case about defendants who demand their own timetable for pretrial discovery and motion practice. In the other corner, a group of defendants, having been laid low by what they claim was a rabbit punch, assert that this is a case about the government flouting court-imposed deadlines and procedural rules. After reconstructing the chronology of events, we conclude that the defendants are substantially correct. We also conclude that the district court, instead…
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