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ENNIS v. NEW JERSEY BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 84-5669.

782 F.2d 396 (1985)

Regina S. ENNIS v. NEW JERSEY BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY and Telephone Workers Union of New Jersey, Local 827 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO. Appeal of Regina ENNIS.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly K. Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Francis X. Dee, John K. Bennett, Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N.J., for appellee New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, and STAPLETON and MANSMANN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) August 9, 1985.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Chief Judge.

The question before the court is whether the district court properly followed the teachings of Poulis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 747 F.2d 863 (3d Cir.1984), and its predecessors, in dismissing a complaint for the failure of the plaintiff and plaintiff's counsel to obey court orders compelling discovery...

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