Legal Opinion
Enlace Mercantil Internacional, Inc. v. Senior Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 1988No. 87-1837PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.
Enlace Mercantil Internacional (“Enlace”) alleges in its complaint that Senior Industries (“Senior”) unlawfully terminated a distributorship agreement between the two companies. The issue in this case is whether the district court abused its discretion by dismissing the complaint for failure to prosecute. Enlace spent more than a year and a half attempting to repeat service of process on Senior. During this time, Senior’s motion to quash Enlace’s original service remained under submission in the district court. Because of the district court’s delay in deciding the…
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