Legal Opinion
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation v. The Richard Carlyon Company, Thomas E. Longer and Cyndi Longer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1990No. 89-5574PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
On the day set for a jury trial in this case, plaintiff Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) moved to dismiss its case against Thomas and Cyndi Longer, two of multiple defendants. After hearing argument, the district court offered MGIC the alternatives of dismissing the Longers with prejudice or obtaining a dismissal without prejudice if it paid their attorneys’ fees, MGIC objected for the record, and then went to trial against two remaining defendants. Thirty-eight days later, and one day after the court sent out its order assessing attorneys fees…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Milton Lecompte v. Mr. Chip, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Unioil, Inc. v. E.F. Hutton & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Donald Yoffe v. Keller Industries, Inc., a Corporation and Henry A. Keller and Norman S. Edelcup, IndividualsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Sami Rebekah Lau, on Behalf of Herself and All Other Similarly Situated v. Glendora Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- The Scam Instrument Corporation v. Control Data CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Elbaor v. Tripath Imaging, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Burt v. WareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- American Water Development, Inc. v. City of AlamosaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
- Maurice Manshack and Cheri B. Manshack v. Southwestern Electric Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Stephan Bechuck v. Home Depot USA, Incorporated, eCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
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