Legal Opinion
R. M. Phillips, D/B/A Luthersville Package Store v. Insurance Company of North America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1981No. 80-7275PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant R. M. Phillips in summer 1978 brought suit against the Insurance Compa ny of North America, Inc. in state court for wrongfully declining coverage in connection with a fire loss to appellant’s business premises. The federal court to which ap-pellee removed 1 the suit dismissed the complaint because of appellant’s willful recalcitrance in the discovery process, and then declined to grant relief under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60. We affirm.
I. Facts and Procedural History
On February 14, 1979 appellee filed a request for production of certain state tax records relating…
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