Legal Opinion
Synanon Foundation, Inc. v. Bernstein
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1986No. 83-1372PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing plaintiff-appellant’s complaint. The trial court found that dismissal of the complaint was warranted on two independent grounds: first, that the plaintiff had abused the discovery process; and second, that the plaintiff had perpetrated a fraud upon the court. We affirm on the second ground without deciding the merit of the first.
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3Cited by17 opinions
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