Legal Opinion
Chudasama v. Mazda Motor Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 1997No. 95-8896, 95-8921PublishedCited by 679 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This case illustrates the mischief that results when a district court effectively abdicates its responsibility to manage a case involving contentious litigants and permits excessive and dilatory discovery tactics to run amok. Not only did the district court fail to manage discovery in this case, it in effect delegated the duty to manage to the plaintiffs’ counsel. To protect themselves from the plaintiffs’ inevitable overreaching, the defendants resorted to self-help and did not provide full discovery. Their tactic resulted in draconian sanctions, including the entry of…
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