Legal Opinion
Top Entertainment Inc. v. Ortega
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 2002No. 01-1934PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed appellants’ case after concluding that they and their counsel flouted a court order and then misled the court in attempting to justify their disobedience. Appellants claim that their actions were not so unreasonable as to justify dismissal of the case. We reject their contention and hold that the dismissal was not an abuse of discretion.
I. Background
On September 29, 1999, appellants Top Entertainment Inc., Angelo Medina d/b/a Producciones Angelo Medina, and Star Entertainment, Inc. filed a three-page complaint against Maria Ortega,…
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