ATLANTIC PETROLEUM v. JACKSON OIL

No. 87-623.

572 A.2d 469 (1990)

ATLANTIC PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Appellant, v. JACKSON OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Gentile, Chevy Chase, Md., for appellant.1

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FARRELL, Associate Judge, and MACK, Senior Judge.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Atlantic Petroleum Corporation appeals from the dismissal of its lawsuit against Jackson Oil Company for failure to prosecute. Super.Ct.Civ.R. 41(b). Atlantic Petroleum Corporation (plaintiff) alleges that the trial judge abused his discretion by (1) granting the motion of plaintiff's trial counsel to withdraw his appearance on the day of trial, (2) concurrently denying plaintiff's request for a continuance to find substitute counsel and (3) dismissing...

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