Legal Opinion
Theodoropoulos v. Thompson-Starrett Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 17, 1969No. 130, Docket 33688PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Costas and Eleni Theodoropoulos appeal from an order of November 15, 1968, dismissing their suit with prejudice for failure to prosecute, pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 41(b), and from a subsequent order denying a motion to vacate this dismissal. We affirm.
After several years of litigating the same matter in the courts of Greece, the two plaintiff-appellants filed suit July 23, 1965, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeking $4 million damages from defendant-appellees Thompson-Starrett Co., Inc. and Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Glona v. American Guarantee & Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Andrew Terrasi v. South Atlantic Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Rosa L. Hines v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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- Perkins v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1994
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