Legal Opinion
Lyles v. Commercial Lovelace Motor Freight, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1982No. 81-2872PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Willie J. Lyles appeals from the order of the district court denying his motion to reopen this case after the district court dismissed the action for failure to timely prosecute. Lyles had orally agreed to settle this lawsuit against his former employer, defendant Commercial Lovelace Motor Freight, Inc. (Commercial Lovelace), in October 1980. The parties informed the court of their settlement agreement and, in June 1981, the district court dismissed the action, with leave to move to reopen for cause, upon the assumption that the case had been…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Herman GONZALEZ, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Louis E. FULGENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Robert Schenck v. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., Merkin & Co., Inc., Gac Properties Credit, Inc. And Gac, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Willie E. Morgan v. South Bend Community School Corporation and James P. Scamman, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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- Freeman v. Motor Convoy, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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