Legal Opinion
Potlatch Corporation v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1982No. 81-4201PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
The Government failed by seven weeks to comply with a discovery deadline set by the district court for the exchange of appraisal reports by expert witnesses. As a sanction for this failure, imposed pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1, the Government was denied the right to call those experts as trial witnesses or to offer their reports in evidence. Following trial, judgment was rendered against the Government. On this appeal from judgment the question we face is whether imposition of the sanction under the circumstances here presented…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- John David v. The Hooker, Ltd Hooker Music, Ltd., Ronald Haffkine, Non-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by29 opinions
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