Legal Opinion
Luis Felipe Velazquez-Rivera v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1990No. 90-1371PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
After appellants’ attorney failed to appear for a scheduled pretrial conference, the district court dismissed the complaint and fined the attorney $1,000. Appellants argue on appeal that, while sanctions were appropriate, dismissal of the action constituted an abuse of discretion. We agree that, in the circumstances of this case, the court imposed an excessive sanction and we therefore vacate the dismissal.
I. FACTS
This action was instituted as a grievance filed with the Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board by seven plaintiffs. The Board issued a complaint against…
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