SANDEE MANUFACTURING CO. v. ROHM & HAAS, CO.

No. 13427.

298 F.2d 41 (1962)

SANDEE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROHM & HAAS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Wines, Erwin H. Greenberg, Carl J. Greenberg, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

A. Leslie Hodson, Howard Ellis, Max E. Wildman, Howard G. Krane, Chicago, Ill., Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, KNOCH and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing an action because plaintiff failed to prosecute its case. It is argued that the trial court abused its discretion by insisting the case go forward and in dismissing the case after plaintiff said it was not prepared for trial. The dismissal ended a case that had been on the docket for five years and came after nine pre-trials and four trial settings. A detailed history of the litigation...

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