Legal Opinion
Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1982No. 81-440PublishedCited by 3,333 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Rule 37(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, provides that a district court may impose sanctions for failure to comply with discovery orders. Included among the available sanctions is:
“An order that the matters regarding which the order was made or any other designated facts shall be taken to be established for the purposes of the action in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order.” Rule 37(b)(2)(A).
The question presented by this case is whether this Rule is applicable to facts that form the basis for personal jurisdiction over a defendant. May a district court, as a…
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