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STATE EXCHANGE BANK v. HARTLINE

No. 81-5351.

693 F.2d 1350 (1982)

The STATE EXCHANGE BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. R.F. HARTLINE and Mrs. R.F. Hartline, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Wehunt, Atlanta, Ga., Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor & Kolker, Michael R. Smith and William W. Taylor, III, Washington, D.C., Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor & Evans, Coral Gables, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, Thomas M. Baumer, Baumer & Bradford, Jacksonville, Fla., John E. Norris, Lake City, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In four suits on promissory notes, defendants appeal the striking of their affirmative defenses, dismissal of their counterclaims, and entry of summary judgment for the plaintiff bank. Viewing these actions as well within the district court's discretion because of defendants' numerous violations of pretrial orders, we affirm.

The propriety of striking the affirmative defenses and counterclaims is the key to this decision. The defendants...

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