Legal Opinion
Richard Chira v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 14, 1980No. 97, Docket 80-7117PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
Courts of the Anglo-American legal tradition receive their mandate, in the most profound sense, from Magna Charta’s twin covenants not to deny or delay — negabimus aut differemus — justice. To secure the first promise, courts administer a massive body of substantive principles. To fulfill the second, for centuries they have promulgated rules of procedure, designed to move cases to disposition quickly — and therefore justly.
Central to such codes of procedure has been the inherent power of a court to dismiss a case for the plaintiff’s failure to prosecute.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Herbert E. Theilmann, Administrator of Herbert K. Theilmann v. The Rutland Hospital, Inc., and Dr. Donald D. DingmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Smith v. AyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- United States v. Salvatore Cirami, Salvatore Cirami & Margaret CiramiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by199 opinions
- United States of America, Ex Rel., Walter M. Drake v. Norden Systems, Inc., and United Technologies CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Lyell Theatre Corp. v. Loews Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Robert J. McNulty George G. Handgis, Franklin D. Roberts, John M. Shanklin and W.N. Thompson, John M. ShanklinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Mark A. Ball v. City of Chicago and Alfred S. Schultz, Individually and as Agent of the City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Martens v. ThomannCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
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