Legal Opinion
Young v. Gordon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 3, 2003No. 02-1958PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
On January 29, 2001, plaintiff-appellant David A. Young brought suit against two fellow attorneys, Kenneth Gordon and J.R. Davis, for breach of contract and tortious interference with business relationships. After nearly sixteen months of acrimonious pretrial skirmishing, the district court dismissed the action, citing Young’s repeated failures to comply with court orders. The court subsequently denied his motion for reconsideration. Young appeals. We affirm.
The relevant background facts largely relate to matters of procedure and timing. On May 22, 2001 (about eleven…
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