Legal Opinion
Robert Edmond v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 6, 1958No. 178, Docket 24844PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
This action was brought on June 18, 1953. Prior to its dismissal on April 5, 1957, the plaintiff had changed his lawyer nine times: sometimes the lawyer withdrew and sometimes the lawyer was discharged by the plaintiff. Partly because of these frequent changes there were substantial delays in readying the case for trial. In 1956 the action was dismissed for failure of the plaintiff to answer the defendant’s interrogatories but was later restored to the docket on plaintiff’s motion. In November 1956, the plaintiff filed a notice of readiness for trial and the case was placed on the trial…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Daniels v. GoldbergDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
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- Piascik v. Trader Navigation Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Tinkoff v. Jarecki, Collector of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
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- Walter A. Newport, Jr., and Donald A. Wine v. Elizabeth J. Revyuk and Leslie SnookCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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