Legal Opinion
Francis X. McLaughlin v. Maxine Cheshire
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 30, 1982No. 81-2216PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
This appeal requires us to address the limits on the District Court’s discretion to require a plaintiff to pay a defendant’s reasonable expenses when the plaintiff seeks voluntary dismissal of one action to pursue related claims in another forum.
On April 1, 1981 appellants amended their complaint in a Maryland state court action to include appellee as a defendant; on April 2, 1981 appellants filed actions against appellee in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and against appellee’s former employer, The Washington Post, in the United States…
3Cases cited3 opinions
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