Legal Opinion
R.W. International Corp. And T. H. Ward De La Cruz, Inc. v. Welch Foods, Inc. And Magna Trading Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 29, 1991No. 91-1058PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Understandably frustrated by the plaintiffs' coyness in the course of pretrial discovery, the district court invoked Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2) and dismissed this civil action. R.W. Int’l Corp. v. Welch Foods, Inc., 129 F.R.D. 25 (D.P.R.1990) (RWI I). Finding, as we do, that the plaintiffs, although conducting themselves in a less than exemplary manner, did not violate any specific order of the court, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The plaintiffs, R.W. International Corp. and T.H. Ward de la Cruz, Inc., affiliated entities, sued Welch Foods, Inc. (Welch) in the Puerto Rico courts on…
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