Legal Opinion
Reebok International Ltd. v. Sebelen
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 18, 1997No. Civil 94-2677(SEC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT
CASELLAS, District Judge.
In Herman Melville’s classic tale, Bartleby the Scrivener, a lawyer becomes infuriated with his assistant scrivener who, when ordered to perform a task, always replies: “I prefer not to.” In such a similarly infuriating situation we found ourselves in the present case, with the Court and the plaintiffs alike ordering defendants to comply with the litigation process, and the defendants continuously replying: “We’d prefer not to.” Unlike Melville’s character, who eventually reconciled himself with Bartleby’s eccentric recalcitrance, we decline to…
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