Legal Opinion
Tera Knoll v. City of Allentown
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 21, 2013No. 12-1635PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
In Poulis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 747 F.2d 863 (3d Cir.1984), we held that a district court must consider six factors before it may dismiss a case as a sanction before trial on the merits. This appeal requires us to decide whether Poul-is applies in the post-trial context. We hold it does not.
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In February 2008, Tera Knoll filed suit against the City of Allentown in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania following her termination from the City’s Parks Department. Knoll alleged claims of gender discrimination, harassment,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Liteky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Lefteri Poulis and Athena Poulis, His Wife v. State Farm Fire and Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Comdyne I, Inc. v. CorbinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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