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HOXWORTH v. BLINDER, ROBINSON & CO., INC.

Nos. 92-1108, 92-1116.

980 F.2d 912 (1992)

Dan H. HOXWORTH; Louise A. Hoxworth; Bradley Gavron; Barry Brownstein; Richard Donaldson; Mary Donaldson; Andress Kernick; Edward J. Bush, Rose M. Weber; Stanley Bernstein; Dorothy Bernstein; David Reiff; Joel Lieberman; Jane Scheck; Kenneth J. Holtmeyer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. BLINDER, ROBINSON & CO., INC.; Meyer Blinder; John Cox; Inter- continental Enterprises, Inc. Bradley GAVRON; Daniel H. Hoxworth; Louise A. Hoxworth; Barry Brownstein; Richard Donaldson; Mary Donaldson; Andress Kernick; Edward J. Bush; Rose M. Weber; Stanley Bernstein; Dorothy Bernstein; David Reiff; Joel Lieberman; Jane Scheck; Kenneth J. Holtmeyer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. BLINDER, ROBINSON & CO., INC.; Meyer Blinder; John Cox; Inter- continental Enterprises, Inc. Barry BROWNSTEIN; Don Townsend; Daniel H. Hoxworth; Louise A. Hoxworth; Bradley Gavron; Barry Brownstein; Richard Donaldson; Mary Donaldson; Andress Kernick; Edward J. Bush; Rose M. Weber; Stanley Bernstein; Joel Lieberman; Jane Scheck; Kenneth J. Holtmeyer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. BLINDER, ROBINSON & CO., INC.; Meyer Blinder; Intercontinental Enterprises, Inc. Meyer Blinder and Intercontinental Enterprises, Inc., Appellants in No. 92-1108. John Cox, Appellant in No. 92-1116.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Mathes (argued), Jan Fink Call, Linda A. Carpenter, David E. Landau, Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Stephen A. Whinston (argued), Berger & Montague, P.C., Marvin A. Miller, J. Dennis Faucher, Ellen Meriwether, Miller Faucher Chertow Cafferty and Wexler, Michael R. Lastowski, Michael F. McCarthy, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, GREENBERG and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Chief Judge.

Defendants challenge the district court's entry of a default judgment, subsequently assessed in the amount of $73 million, for disregarding certain court orders and for failing to appear at trial. Defendants argue that the district court did not have the authority to impose default as a sanction under Fed.R.Civ.P. 55 and that the court abused its discretion in holding...

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