Legal Opinion
Wyle v. R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1983No. 82-4266PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we consider whether the district court abused its discretion when it dismissed Pacific Far East Line’s (PFEL) complaint as a sanction for its false denials of rebating and its failure to comply with the court’s discovery orders. We find the dismissal' appropriate and affirm.
I. FACTS
On December 19, 1976, PFEL filed an amended complaint under § 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, alleging that Sea-Land had paid approximately $20 million in illegal rebates from 1971 through 1975. In its response, Sea-Land admitted that it had paid more than $19…
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Wm. T. Thompson Co. v. General Nutrition Corp.District Court, C.D. California · 1984
- Young v. Johnny Ribeiro Building, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1990
- Adriana International Corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, and Lewis & Company L. Burke Lewis Amy J. Cassedy Arthur L. Martin, Intervenors-Appellants v. Konstantin Thoeren Patrola Films, Inc. Patrola, G.M.B.H., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees v. Hans A. Kunz Anthony M. Midgen Kemal Zeinal-Zade Arian Films Productions, Ltd., Third-Party-Defendants-Appellants. Burke Lewis Amy J. Cassedy Arthur L. Martin Lewis & Company, Intervenors-Appellants, and Hans A. Kunz Anthony M. Midgen Arian Films Productions, Ltd., Cross-Defendants-Appellants v. Konstantin Thoeren Patrola Films, Inc. Patrola, G.M.B.H., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Cross- Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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