ROLAND v. SALEM CONTRACT CARRIERS, INC.

No. 86-1643.

811 F.2d 1175 (1987)

Tim R. ROLAND; Chuck R. Randall; James R. Bewley; and Rev. Ossie Bewley, as Administrator of the Estate of Wilbert Bewley, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SALEM CONTRACT CARRIERS, INC., a North Carolina Corporation; McLean Trucking Co., a North Carolina Corporation; and Eddie Clark, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1987.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Levin, Anesi, Ozmon, Lewin & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert K. Scott, Conklin & Alder, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal from the district court's refusal to alter a judgment dismissing the plaintiffs' complaint. The district court imposed the sanction of dismissal under Rule 37(b)(2) and Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the plaintiffs' refusal to cooperate with discovery and failure to obey three court orders. We find that the district court did not abuse its discretion and...

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