Legal Opinion
G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 1989No. 86-3118PublishedCited by 500 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
May a federal district court order litigants — even those represented by counsel —to appear before it in person at a pretrial conference for the purpose of discussing the posture and settlement of the litigants’ case? After reviewing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and federal district courts’ inherent authority to manage and control the litigation before them, we answer this question in the affirmative and conclude that a district court may sanction a litigant for failing to comply with such an order.
I. BACKGROUND
A federal magistrate ordered Joseph Oat Corporation…
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