Legal Opinion
Woolfson v. Personal Travel Service, Inc.
California Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1971No. L.A. 29821PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McCOMB, J.
Plaintiff appeals from an order dismissing an action for want of prosecution.
Facts: By a complaint filed in February 1966, plaintiff sued for breach of contract and defamation. Defendants’ pleadings and discovery proceeded until December 1966. Plaintiff’s discovery proceeded until September 1967. Other than an abortive settlement conference, there was then a 17-month period of inactivity, which terminated in February 1969 when plaintiff filed an at-issue memorandum. Two months later, defendants moved, under section 583, subdivision (a), of the Code of Civil Procedure, to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Denham v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Black Bros. Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
- Breckenridge v. MasonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
- Martindale v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Paul W. Speer, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Hocharian v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
- Lopez v. LarsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- Moyal v. LanphearCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
- City of Los Angeles v. Gleneagle Development Co.California Court of Appeal · 1976
- Rosenfeld Construction Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
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