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SPERING v. TEXAS BUTADIENE & CHEMICAL CORPORATION

No. 18358.

434 F.2d 677 (1970)

Howard S. SPERING, Appellant, v. TEXAS BUTADIENE & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a dissolved Delaware corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1970.

As amended November 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Sullivan, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., for appellant.

E. Norman Veasey, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for appellee (David T. Dana, III, Wilmington, Del., on the brief).

Before ALDISERT and ADAMS, Circuit Judges and HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

We are asked to decide whether the District Court abused its discretion in dismissing plaintiff-appellant's case with prejudice under a Local Rule which provides for dismissal of cases in which, without good reason, no action has been taken for a period of one year.1 We conclude that the District Court did not abuse its discretion. We do so fully mindful that appellant's claim...

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