Legal Opinion
Quillie B. Woodham v. The American Cystoscope Company of Pelham, N. Y., and the Xyz Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1964No. 20788PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The question this appeal presents is whether dismissal of the complaint was a proper sanction for failure of the plaintiff’s counsel to comply with a certain local rule of the district court.
The District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, under the authority of F.R.Civ.P. 83, 1 promulgated certain rules to govern its practice. The pertinent local rules do not conflict with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; at least, they do not conflict directly with the Federal Rules. On their face, the local rules seem reasonable; at least, they are reasonable in their…
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