Legal Opinion
Transportes Aereos de Angola v. Ronair, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 4, 1985No. Civ. A. Nos. 81-120-JLL, 79-363-JLLPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.
The motions for sanctions now pending before this Court arise from a rare and prolonged situation where the contumacious conduct of two of the party litigants aided by a stream of attorneys who have appeared and disappeared in these actions have effectively brought this litigation to a dead standstill due to their deliberate refusal to abide by the provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or to comply with numerous court orders. No judge, even one blessed with the patience of Job of the Old Testament, can overlook this obstinate behavior which…
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