DOVE v. CODESCO

No. 76-2462.

569 F.2d 807 (1978)

Herman T. DOVE, Appellant, v. CODESCO, formerly known as Washington Dental Supply Company, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis M. Saull, Willow Grove, Pa. (Emily Miller Rody, Rody & Rody, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Susan S. Sauntry, Washington, D. C. (Fred F. Fielding, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D. C., H. Thomas Howell, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Herman T. Dove from an order by the district court dismissing his suit to recover damages against his former employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Dismissal was ordered because of the failure of plaintiff's counsel to attend a pretrial scheduling conference. Because we believe that this "case presents an instance for the imposition of lesser sanctions than the ultimate...

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